Jeremiah 7:2
in Jeremiah 7“Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and proclaim this message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Stand in the gate of Jehovah’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship Jehovah.
KJV
Stand in the gate of the Lord’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the Lord.
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This verse in Jeremiah 7
Commentary
9 notes on this verseStand in the gate of the Lord’s house - There was a show of public worship kept up. The temple was considered God’s residence; the usual ceremonies of religion restored by Josiah were still observed; and the people were led to consider the temple and its services as sacred things, which would be preservatives to them in case of the threatened invasion.
This site's exposition
the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD
on Jeremiah 7:1-3
Jeremiah is told to “Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD” and preach to the worshippers. So the temple court becomes a courtroom on the way to sacrifice. The message is conditional, “Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place”.
This site's exposition
Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD
Wesley places Jeremiah at the east gate, the public way in and out of the courts where the people gathered. Barnes dates the sermon to the start of Jehoiakim's reign and links it to Jeremiah 26, where preaching it nearly cost the prophet his life. Ahikam protected him.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
(Chapter 7, Verses 1-2) The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord, and proclaim (or read) there this word, and say: Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah who enter in through these gates to worship the Lord. This is not found in the LXX edition, but is added from Theodotion's translation from Hebrew. The Prophet is commanded to stand in the gate of the Lord, through which the multitude of the people enters to worship the Lord, so that they may hear what the Lord commands. By which we understand the hardness of the Jewish people, because they regarded the prophets as liars and madmen, while they were compelled by the opportunity and the fame of the place to hear the words of the Lord; and not because the words were from the Lord.
And thus did He send prophets prior to the transmigration to Babylon, and after that event others again in greater number than the former, to seek the fruits, saying thus to them (the Jews): "Thus saith the Lord, Cleanse your ways and your doings, execute just judgment, and look each one with pity and compassion on his brother: oppress not the widow nor the orphan, the proselyte nor the poor, and let none of you treasure up evil against his brother in your hearts, and love not false swearing.
The Reformation1 voice
Stand in the gate of the Lord's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the Lord
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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The gate - The east gate, which was the publick place of going out and coming in, and where the people were then wont to assemble. Proclaim - Proclaiming signifies both the authority by which he spake, and the divulging of what he spake plainly and boldly; possibly, it might be at some publick time, when all the males were to meet.
Stand in the gate of the Lord's house,.... That is, of the temple, and the court of it.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the gate--that is, the gate of the court of Israel within that of the women. Those whom Jeremiah addresses came through the gate leading into the court of the women, and the gate leading into the outer court, or court of the Gentiles ("these gates").
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The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֲמֹ֗ד | ʾamod | stand | H5975 → | 521 times |
| בְּשַׁ֙עַר֙ | beshaar | in [the] gate of | H8179 → | 374 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְקָרָ֣אתָ | vekarata | and you will proclaim | H7121 → | 733 times |
| שָּׁ֔ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַדָּבָ֖ר | hadavar | the word | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| וְאָמַרְתָּ֞ | veamarta | and you will say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| שִׁמְע֣וּ | shimu | hear | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| דְבַר־ | devar- | [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | O all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יְהוּדָה֙ | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| הַבָּאִים֙ | habaim | who come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בַּשְּׁעָרִ֣ים | bashearim | in the gates | H8179 → | 374 times |
| הָאֵ֔לֶּה | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
| לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֖ת | lehishtachavot | to bow down | H7812 → | 172 times |
| לַיהוָֽה׃ ס | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
עֲמֹ֗דstand
ʾamodH5975 →521 times
בְּשַׁ֙עַר֙in [the] gate of
beshaarH8179 →374 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְקָרָ֣אתָand you will proclaim
vekarataH7121 →733 times
שָּׁ֔םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַדָּבָ֖רthe word
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
וְאָמַרְתָּ֞and you will say
veamartaH559 →5305 times
שִׁמְע֣וּhear
shimuH8085 →1159 times
דְבַר־[the] word of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כָּל־O all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
יְהוּדָה֙Judah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
הַבָּאִים֙who come
habaimH935 →2568 times
בַּשְּׁעָרִ֣יםin the gates
bashearimH8179 →374 times
הָאֵ֔לֶּה<the> these
haelehH428 →746 times
לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֖תto bow down
lehishtachavotH7812 →172 times
לַיהוָֽה׃ סto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Revelation 3:22He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
it leads to
- Revelation 2:7
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the…
- Revelation 2:11
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
- Revelation 2:17
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone…
- Revelation 3:13
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
- Revelation 3:6
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
- Revelation 2:7
Through
Jeremiah 26:2“This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:2
You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
- Acts 20:27
For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
- Deuteronomy 4:2
Through
Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
it leads to
- Isaiah 3:9
The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
- Isaiah 3:9
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on 10 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Irenaeus, AGAINST HERESIES 4:36.2; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Calvin, Commentaries; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.