Jeremiah 13:19

Jeremiah 13:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The cities in the Negev will be shut up, and there will be no one to open them. All Judah will be carried into exile, carried completely away.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The cities of the Negeb are shut up, with none to open them; all Judah is taken into exile, wholly taken into exile.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The cities of the South shall be shut up, And no one shall open them; Judah shall be carried away captive, all of it; It shall be wholly carried away captive.

Context of Jeremiah 13:19

17If you refuse to listen to God's message, I will hide myself and I will weep. Because you are so proud, tears will pour from my eyes. I will cry because the Lord has sent his own people away as prisoners to a foreign land. 18Tell the king and his mother, “Come down from your thrones. Your beautiful crowns will soon fall from your heads.” The cities in the south of Judah will keep their gates shut. Nobody will go in or out of the cities. Enemies will take the people of Judah away as prisoners. They will take them all into exile. 20Leaders of Jerusalem, look up! See the enemy that is coming from the north. What has happened to your people? You were proud of them and you should have taken care of them. You are like shepherds who have lost their sheep. 21The Lord will choose other people to rule over you. They are people that you wanted to be your friends, but now they will have power over you. So what will you say about that? You will be afraid and in much pain, like a woman who is giving birth to a baby.

Jeremiah 13:19 word by word

עָרֵ֥י הַנֶּ֛גֶב סֻגְּר֖וּ וְאֵ֣ין פֹּתֵ֑חַ הָגְלָ֧ת יְהוּדָ֛ה כֻּלָּ֖הּ הָגְלָ֥ת שְׁלוֹמִֽים׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of the southנֶ֫גֶבnegeb · NegebH5045
• shall be shut upסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• and none shall openפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• shall be carried away captiveגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: removeH1540
• all of it, it shall be whollyשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peace: completelyH7965

Cross-references for Jeremiah 13:19

• Jeremiah 17:26People will come here from everywhere in Judah. They will bring offerings to the Lord's temple. They will come from Judah's towns and from the villages around Jerusalem. They will come from the land that belongs to Benjamin's tribe. They will come from the low hills in the west and from the hill country and the wilderness in the south. They will bring burnt offerings, grain offerings, other sacrifices and incense. They will offer sacrifices to the Lord to thank him.
• Jeremiah 33:13Shepherds will count their sheep again, one by one. They will do that in the towns of the hill country, in the low hills in the west and in the Negev region in the south. They will do it in the land that belongs to Benjamin's tribe, in the villages around Jerusalem and in all the towns of Judah.” That is what the Lord says.
• Joshua 18:5You must make it into seven parts. Judah's tribe will keep the land in the south. Joseph's two tribes will keep their land in the north. Divide the rest of the land into seven parts.
• Ezekiel 20:46‘Son of man, look towards the south. Speak my message to the people there. Warn the forests in the dry land of the south.
• Deuteronomy 28:52They will attack all your towns, everywhere in the land that the Lord your God has given to you. They will knock down the strong walls that you thought would keep you safe. They will make their camps around your towns until they can take the towns for themselves.
• Job 12:14If God destroys something, nobody can repair it. If God puts someone in prison, that person cannot escape.
• Jeremiah 29:9They say that they are speaking with my authority. But the things that they prophesy are lies. I have not sent them to speak to you.’ That is what the Lord says.
• Jeremiah 52:27There, at Riblah in the Hamath region, the king of Babylon commanded his soldiers to punish them all with death. That was how Judah's people went into exile, away from their own land.
• Leviticus 26:31He will destroy the cities. He will destroy the places for wrong worship. Nobody will burn incense to give the Lord pleasure.
• Deuteronomy 28:15But if you refuse to listen to the Lord your God, all these curses will happen to you. So be careful to obey all his commands and rules that I am giving you today. If you do not obey the Lord, these curses will happen to you:
• 2 Kings 25:21There, at Riblah, the king of Babylon commanded his soldiers to punish them all with death. That was how Judah's people went into exile, away from their own land.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 13:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19The 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Shall 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-27Verses 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 clear of it by any power of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-19The king was likely Jehoiakim's son, Jehoiachin, who became king in 597 BC after his father's death. His mother was Nehushta (see 2 Kings 24:1–9). Jehoiachin was eighteen years old and ruled for only three months. This message was probably given during his brief reign. The Babylonians would soon take his crowns (see 2 Kings 24:11–16). They would also seize the treasures of the Temple and palace. The royalty and elite of Judah would be taken into exile…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. 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.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 13:19

• Captivity
• Idolatry
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Judah
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Appear
• Pity
• Principality
• Hosea

Commentaries on Jeremiah 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings