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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 13:19 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
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. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Shall be shut up - Rather, "are shut up, and no man openeth them." The cities of the Negeb, the southern district of Judah, are blockaded, with no one to raise the siege. The captivity was the inevitable result of the capture of the fortified towns. An army entering from the north would march along the Shefelah, or fertile plain near the seacoast, and would capture the outlying cities, before it attacked Jerusalem, almost inaccessible among the mountains.
Judah shall be ... - Translate, "Judah is ..." |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
The cities - The cities of Judah lay southward from Chaldea. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The cities of the south shall be shut up - Not only the cities of the north, the quarter at which the Chaldeans entered, but the cities of the south also; for he shall proceed from one extremity of the land to the other, spreading devastation every where, and carrying off the inhabitants. |
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.