Passage
Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord, and proclaim there this word, and say: Hear ye the word of the Lord, all ye men of Juda, that enter in at these gates, to adore the Lord.
Jeremiah 7:2 (DRB)
Nearby Context
Jeremiah 7:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
Jeremiah 7:2 Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord, and proclaim there this word, and say: Hear ye the word of the Lord, all ye men of Juda, that enter in at these gates, to adore the Lord.
Jeremiah 7:3 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Make your ways and your doings good: and I will dwell with you in this place.
Jeremiah 7:4 Trust not in lying words, saying: The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, it is the temple of the Lord.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "stand", "gate", "house", "lord", "proclaim", "word", and "hear". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "stand" and "gate", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 1's "The word that came to Jeremiah from..." into verse 3's "Thus saith the Lord of hosts the...", so "stand" and "gate" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "stand" and "gate" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.