“Yahweh said this to me: “Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, through which the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem.”
Jeremiah 17:19 (WEB)
Context Reading
17Don’t be a terror to me.You are my refuge in the day of evil. 18Let them be disappointed who persecute me,but don’t let me be disappointed.Let them be dismayed,but don’t let me be dismayed.Bring on them the day of evil,and destroy them with double destruction. 19Yahweh said this to me: “Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, through which the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem. 20Tell them, ‘Hear Yahweh’s word, you kings of Judah, all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: 21Yahweh says, “Be careful, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.