Closed gates show that the citizens are afraid of attacks. Open gates show the opposite. The inhabitants of *Jerusalem are confident that they will be safe. This is not because of strong walls. It is because the *Lord himself is their personal protection.

• ‘Open wide the gates’ is an invitation to other nations to enter *Jerusalem. But those nations must do two things. Such nations must do what is right by God’s opinions. And they must trust the *Lord as their God.

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