The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
The prophet stood at the gate of the temple, in order that the multitudes from the country might hear him. His life was threatened, it appears from Jeremiah 26:1-9, for this prophecy denouncing the fate of Shiloh as about to befall the temple at Jerusalem. The prophecy given in detail here is summarily referred to there. After Josiah's death the nation relapsed into idolatry, through Jehoiakim's bad influence; the worship of Yahweh was, however, combined with it (Jeremiah 7:4; Jeremiah 7:10).