Jeremiah 13:19

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.

Cities

Shut

Deuteronomy 28:52

Job 12:14

Judah

2 Kings 25:21

General references

Isaiah 66:21

Bible References

Cities

Then people will come here from the towns in Judah, from the villages surrounding Jerusalem, from the territory of Benjamin, from the western foothills, from the southern hill country, and from the southern part of Judah. They will come bringing offerings to the temple of the Lord: burnt offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings, and incense along with their thank offerings.

I, the Lord, say that shepherds will once again count their sheep as they pass into the fold. They will do this in all the towns in the southern hill country, the western foothills, the southern hill country, the territory of Benjamin, the villages surrounding Jerusalem, and the towns of Judah.'

Divide it into seven regions. Judah will stay in its territory in the south, and the family of Joseph in its territory in the north.

"Son of man, turn toward the south, and speak out against the south. Prophesy against the open scrub land of the Negev,

Shut

They will besiege all of your villages until all of your high and fortified walls collapse -- those in which you put your confidence throughout the land. They will besiege all your villages throughout the land the Lord your God has given you.

If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.

Judah

Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, took captive the rest of the people who were left in the city. He carried them off to Babylon along with the people who had deserted to him.

The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. So Judah was taken into exile away from its land.

I will lay your cities waste and make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will refuse to smell your soothing aromas.

"But if you ignore the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force:

The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. So Judah was deported from its land.

General references

And I will choose some of them as priests and Levites," says the Lord.