Jeremiah 13 · Verse 19

Jeremiah 13:19

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.
Jeremiah 13:19, King James Version

Jeremiah 13:19 in other translations

BSBThe cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them. All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive.
WEBThe cities of the South are shut up, and there is no one to open them. Judah is carried away captive: all of them. They are wholly carried away captive.
ASVThe 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.
YLTThe 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--
DARBYThe 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.
BBEThe towns of the south are shut up, and there is no one to make them open: Judah is taken away as prisoners; all Judah is taken away as prisoners.
WebsterThe 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.

What does Jeremiah 13:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. cities of the south--namely, south of Judea; farthest off from the enemy, who advanced from the north. shut up--that is, deserted (Is 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 (2Ki 24:10, 11), that none shall be allowed by the enemy to get out (compare Jr 13:20). wholly--literally, "fully"; completely.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 13:18-27

Here is a message sent to king Jehoiakim, and his queen. Their sorrows would be great indeed. Do they ask, Wherefore come these things upon us? Let them know, it is for their obstinacy in sin. We cannot alter the natural colour of the skin; and so is it morally impossible to reclaim and reform these people. Sin is the blackness of the soul; it is the discolouring of it; we were shapen in it, so that we cannot get…

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Jeremiah 13:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עָרֵ֥י'a.Rei[the] cities ofH5892
הַנֶּ֛גֶבha.Ne.gevthe NegevH5045
סֻגְּר֖וּsu.ge.Ruthey have been shut upH5462
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there notH369
פֹּתֵ֑חַpo.Te.ach[is one who] opensH6605
הָגְלָ֧תha.ge.Latit has been taken into exileH1540
יְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
כֻּלָּ֖הּku.Lahall of itH3605
הָגְלָ֥תha.ge.Latit has been taken into exileH1540
שְׁלוֹמִֽים\׃\ \סshe.lo.Mimcompleteness<es>H7965

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Cross references for Jeremiah 13:19

  • Jeremiah 52:27

    And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 52:30

    In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

  • Deuteronomy 28:52

    And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.

  • Jeremiah 39:9

    Then Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.

  • 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, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the Lord.

  • Joshua 18:5

    And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.

  • 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, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 20:4

    For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

  • Job 12:14

    Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

  • Deuteronomy 28:64-68

    And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. …

  • Deuteronomy 28:15

    But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
cities.
17:26; 33:13; Jos 18:5; Eze 20:46,47
shut.
De 28:52; Job 12:14
Judah.
39:9; 52:27; Le 26:31-33; De 28:15,64-68; 2Ki 25:21

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Context

  • Jeremiah 13:18

    Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.

  • Jeremiah 13:19

    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.

  • Jeremiah 13:20

    Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

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Jeremiah 13:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Las ciudades del mediodía fueron cerradas, y no hubo quien las abriese: toda Judá fué trasportada, trasportada fué toda ella.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Les villes du midi sont fermées, et il n’y a personne qui les ouvre; tout Juda est transporté, il est tout entier transporté.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Die Städte des Südens sind verschlossen, und niemand öffnet; Juda ist weggeführt insgesamt, ist gänzlich weggeführt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Civitates austri clausæ sunt, et non est qui aperiat: translata est omnis Juda transmigratione perfecta.