The people are called to be silent before the Lord. Remember the situation. Politically things were OK, with the threat of Assyria abated, and Babylon yet to become a major threat. Religiously Josiah had implemented Godly reforms. Yet it was still imperative for the people to listen to the Lord.
The immediate reference of the sacrifice is Judah and Jerusalem being prepared as a sacrifice. There is an obvious allusion to Jesus being the sacrifice, though it is not clear that there is any intention of that here.
The officials and royalty were probably thought of as being immune from the cares of the common people, but God’s judgement will affect all people. Those “clad in foreign clothes” refers to those who conformed to the ways of other nations.
“Avoid stepping on the threshold” may refer to a Philistine superstition, or to robbery of people’s homes.
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