Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

The cities of the Negev are under siege;
no one can help them.
All of Judah has been taken into exile,
taken completely into exile.

New American Standard Bible

The cities of the Negev have been locked up,
And there is no one to open them;
All Judah has been carried into exile,
Wholly carried into exile.

King James Version

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.

International Standard Version

The towns in the Negev will be closed up, and there will be no one to open them. All Judah will be taken into exile and be completely exiled.

A Conservative Version

The 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.

American Standard Version

The 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.

Amplified


The cities of the South (the Negev) have been closed up,
And there is no one to open them;
All Judah has been carried into exile,
Completely carried away into exile.

Bible in Basic English

The 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.

Darby Translation

The 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.

Julia Smith Translation

The cities of the south were shut up and none opened: Judah was carried away captive, it was all carried away captive, the whole of them.

King James 2000

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The towns of the Negev are shut up, and there is no [one who] opens [them]. All of Judah is deported; it is deported [in] completeness.

Modern King James verseion

The cities of the south have been shut up, and none are opening; Judah has been exiled, all of it has been peacefully exiled.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The cities toward the south shall be shut up, and no man shall open them. All Judah shall be carried away captive, so that none shall remain.

NET Bible

The gates of the towns in southern Judah will be shut tight. No one will be able to go in or out of them. All Judah will be carried off into exile. They will be completely carried off into exile.'"

New Heart English Bible

The cities toward the Negev are shut, and there is no one to open them: Judah is carried away into exile, all of it; it is wholly carried away into exile.'"

The Emphasized Bible

The cities of the South, are shut And there is none to open, - Judah hath been carried away captive, She hath altogether been carried away captive in full number.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

The 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.

Youngs Literal Translation

The 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 --

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The cities
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

of the south
נגב 
Negeb 
Usage: 112

shall be shut up
סגר 
Cagar 
Usage: 93

פּתח 
Pathach 
Usage: 143

יהוּדה 
Y@huwdah 
Usage: 648

all of it, it shall be wholly
שׁלם שׁלום 
Shalowm 
Usage: 236

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

A Message For The King And The Queen Mother

18 Say to the king and the queen mother:
Take a humble seat,
for your glorious crowns
have fallen from your heads.
19 The cities of the Negev are under siege;
no one can help them.
All of Judah has been taken into exile,
taken completely into exile.
20 Look up and see
those coming from the north.
Where is the flock entrusted to you,
the sheep that were your pride?



Cross References

Jeremiah 52:27

The king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile from its land.

Leviticus 26:31-33

I will reduce your cities to ruins and devastate your sanctuaries. I will not smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.

Deuteronomy 28:15

“But if you do not obey the Lord your God by carefully following all His commands and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overtake you:

Deuteronomy 28:52

They will besiege you within all your gates until your high and fortified walls, that you trust in, come down throughout your land. They will besiege you within all your gates throughout the land the Lord your God has given you.

Deuteronomy 28:64-68

Then the Lord will scatter you among all peoples from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

Joshua 18:5

Then they are to divide it into seven portions. Judah is to remain in its territory in the south and Joseph’s family in their territory in the north.

2 Kings 25:21

The king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile from its land.

Job 12:14

Whatever He tears down cannot be rebuilt;
whoever He imprisons cannot be released.

Jeremiah 17:26

Then people will come from the cities of Judah and from the area around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin and from the Judean foothills, from the hill country and from the Negev bringing burnt offerings and sacrifice, grain offerings and frankincense, and thank offerings to the house of the Lord.

Jeremiah 20:4

for this is what the Lord says, ‘I am about to make you a terror to both yourself and those you love. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will deport them to Babylon and put them to the sword.

Jeremiah 33:13

The flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them in the cities of the hill country, the cities of the Judean foothills, the cities of the Negev, the land of Benjamin—the cities surrounding Jerusalem and Judah’s cities, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 39:9

Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, deported the rest of the people to Babylon—those who had remained in the city and those deserters who had defected to him along with the rest of the people who had remained.

Jeremiah 52:30

in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, deported 745 Jews. All together 4,600 people were deported.

Ezekiel 20:46-47

“Son of man, face the south and preach against it. Prophesy against the forest land in the Negev,

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