Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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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Bible References

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 fields and from the mountain and from the south, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices and presents and incense, and bringing the sacrifice of praise unto the house of the LORD.
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 counts them, said the LORD.
Joshua 18:5
And they shall divide it into seven parts; Judah shall abide in their borders towards the Negev, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their borders on the north.
Ezekiel 20:46
Son of man, set thy face toward the south and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;

Shut

Deuteronomy 28:52
And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates until thy high and fenced walls come down, in which thou dost trust, throughout all thy land; and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God has given thee.
Job 12:14
Behold, he shall break down, and it shall not be built again; he shall shut up a man, and no one shall be able to open unto him.

Judah

Jeremiah 39:9
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that had come over to him, with the rest of the people that remained.
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.
Leviticus 26:31
And I will make your cities waste and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the aroma of your suave incense.
Deuteronomy 28:15
And it shall come to pass if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep, to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee today, that all these curses shall come upon thee and overtake thee.
2 Kings 25:21
And the king of Babylon smote and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.

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Isaiah 66:21
And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.