The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive. Treasury of Scripture cities. Jeremiah 17:26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain... Jeremiah 33:13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin... Joshua 18:5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south... Ezekiel 20:46,47 Son of man, set your face toward the south, and drop your word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field... shut. Deuteronomy 28:52 And he shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fenced walls come down, wherein you trusted, throughout all your land... Job 12:14 Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again: he shuts up a man, and there can be no opening. Judah. Jeremiah 29:9 For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them, said the LORD. Jeremiah 52:27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath... Leviticus 26:31-33 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the smell of your sweet odors... Deuteronomy 28:15,64-68 But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice of the LORD your God... 2 Kings 25:21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
Context Captivity Threatened
15Hear you, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD has spoken. 16Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. 17But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and my eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is carried away captive. 18Say to the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. 19The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive. 20Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock? 21What will you say when he shall punish you? for you have taught them to be captains, and as chief over you: shall not sorrows take you, as a woman in travail? 22And if you say in your heart, Why come these things on me? For the greatness of your iniquity are your skirts discovered, and your heels made bore. 23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. 24Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness. 25This is your lot, the portion of your measures from me, said the LORD; because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. 26Therefore will I discover your skirts on your face, that your shame may appear. 27I have seen your adulteries, and your neighings, the lewdness of your prostitution, and your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! will you not be made clean? when shall it once be? Parallel Verses American Standard Version
The cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them: Judah is carried away captive, all of it; it is wholly carried away captive.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The cities of the south are shut up, and there is none to open them: all Juda is carried away captive with an entire captivity.
Darby Bible Translation
The cities of the south are shut up, and there is none to open them; all Judah is carried away captive: it is wholly carried away captive.
King James Bible
The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.
Young's Literal Translation
The cities of the south have been shut up, And there is none opening, Judah hath been removed -- all of her, She hath been removed completely --
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