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Jer 13:19 King James 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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
cities of the south--namely, south of Judea; farthest off from the enemy, who advanced from the north.

shut up--that is, deserted (Isa 24:10); so that none shall be left to open the gates to travellers and merchants again [HENDERSON]. Rather, shut up so closely by Nebuchadnezzar's forces, sent on before (Kg2 24:10-11), that none shall be allowed by the enemy to get out (compare Jer 13:20).

wholly--literally, "fully"; completely.
 
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20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.