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All Judah will be carried into exile, carried completely away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The towns of the Negev will close their gates, and no one will be able to open them. The people of Judah will be taken away as captives. All will be carried into exile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The cities of the Negeb are shut up, with none to open them; all Judah is taken into exile, wholly taken into exile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them. All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open <i>them</i>: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The cities of the South shall be shut up, And no one shall open <i>them;</i> Judah shall be carried away captive, all of it; It shall be wholly carried away captive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The cities of the Negev have been locked up, And there is no one to open <i>them;</i> All Judah has been taken into exile, Wholly taken into exile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The cities of the Negev have been locked up, And there is no one to open <i>them;</i> All Judah has been carried into exile, Wholly carried into exile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The cities of the Negev have been closed up, And there is no one to open <i>them</i>; All Judah has been taken away into exile, Wholly taken away into exile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The cities in the Southern Desert are surrounded; no one can get in or out. Everyone in Judah will be taken away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The cities in the Negev will be locked up, and there will be no one to reopen them. All the people of Judah will be taken away into captivity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The towns of southern Judah are under siege; no one can get through to them. All the people of Judah have been taken away into exile." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them. All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The 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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The cities of the south have been shut up, "" And there is none opening, "" Judah has been removed—all of her, "" She has been completely removed—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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 -- <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The cities of the south are shut up, and there is none to open them: all Juda is carried away captive with an entire captivity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The cities of the south have been closed, and there is no one who may open them. All of Judah has been taken away into complete captivity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The cities of the Negeb are besieged, with no one to relieve them; Judah is taken into exile—all of it— in total exile. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The towns of the Negeb are shut up with no one to open them; all Judah is taken into exile, wholly taken into exile.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The cities of the south are shut up, and there is no one to open them; Judah is carried away captive, yea, is wholly carried away captive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The cities of the south are shut up and there is none who opens. Yehuda is carried away captive, all the captivity entirely<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The cities toward the south were shut, and there was none to open <i>them</i>: Juda is removed <i>into captivity,</i> they have suffered a complete removal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/13-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=4051" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Captivity Threatened</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.” <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘ā·rê (N-fpc) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">The cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/5045.htm" title="5045: han·ne·ḡeḇ (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to be parched; the south; specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt.">of the Negev</a> <a href="/hebrew/5462.htm" title="5462: sug·gə·rū (V-Pual-Perf-3cp) -- To shut, close. A primitive root; to shut up; figuratively, to surrender.">have been shut tight,</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ên (Conj-w:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">and no one</a> <a href="/hebrew/6605.htm" title="6605: pō·ṯê·aḥ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve. A primitive root; to open wide; specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve.">can open them.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kul·lāh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">All</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540: hā·ḡə·lāṯ (V-Hofal-Perf-3fs) -- To uncover, remove. A primitive root; to denude; by implication, to exile; figuratively, to reveal.">has been carried into exile,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7965.htm" title="7965: šə·lō·w·mîm (N-mp) -- Or shalom; from shalam; safe, i.e. well, happy, friendly; also welfare, i.e. Health, prosperity, peace.">wholly</a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540: hā·ḡə·lāṯ (V-Hofal-Perf-3fs) -- To uncover, remove. A primitive root; to denude; by implication, to exile; figuratively, to reveal.">taken captive.</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/24-14.htm">2 Kings 24:14</a></span><br />He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/25-10.htm">2 Kings 25:10</a></span><br />And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/39-6.htm">Isaiah 39:6-7</a></span><br />The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. / And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-1.htm">Lamentations 1:1</a></span><br />How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-3.htm">Lamentations 1:3</a></span><br />Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-9.htm">Lamentations 2:9</a></span><br />Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/12-12.htm">Ezekiel 12:12</a></span><br />And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/17-12.htm">Ezekiel 17:12</a></span><br />“Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/21-25.htm">Ezekiel 21:25-27</a></span><br />And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’ / This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted. / A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/4-10.htm">Micah 4:10</a></span><br />Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/3-10.htm">Nahum 3:10</a></span><br />Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-2.htm">Matthew 24:2</a></span><br />“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-43.htm">Luke 19:43-44</a></span><br />For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. / They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-24.htm">Luke 21:24</a></span><br />They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-48.htm">John 11:48</a></span><br />If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">cities.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/17-26.htm">Jeremiah 17:26</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/33-13.htm">Jeremiah 33:13</a></b></br> 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 <i>them</i>, saith the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/18-5.htm">Joshua 18:5</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">shut.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-52.htm">Deuteronomy 28:52</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/12-14.htm">Job 12:14</a></b></br> Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.</p><p class="hdg">Judah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/29-9.htm">Jeremiah 29:9</a></b></br> For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/52-27.htm">Jeremiah 52:27</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-31.htm">Leviticus 26:31-33</a></b></br> And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Captive</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-14.htm">Exile</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-11.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/songs/4-12.htm">Locked</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-1.htm">Negeb</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-1.htm">Negev</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-15.htm">Open</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">Opening</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Prisoners</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-1.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-17.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-18.htm">South</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-12.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm">Wholly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/20-4.htm">Captive</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-12.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-39.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-6.htm">Exile</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/luke/3-20.htm">Locked</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-13.htm">Negeb</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-13.htm">Negev</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-6.htm">Open</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-6.htm">Opening</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-6.htm">Prisoners</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-9.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-26.htm">South</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-15.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-15.htm">Wholly</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-1.htm">By the type of a linen belt, hidden at Euphrates, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-9.htm">God prefigures the destruction of his people.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-12.htm">By the parable of bottles filled with wine he foretells their drunkenness in misery.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-15.htm">He exhorts to prevent their future judgments.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">He shows their abominations are the cause thereof.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them.</b><br>This phrase refers to the southern region of Judah, known as the Negev, which was a semi-arid area crucial for trade routes and agriculture. The shutting of the cities indicates a complete siege or blockade, likely by the Babylonian forces. Historically, the Negev was a strategic location, and its closure would signify a significant loss for Judah. The imagery of cities being shut tight suggests divine judgment, as seen in other prophetic texts where God allows enemy nations to prevail due to the people's disobedience (e.g., <a href="/deuteronomy/28-52.htm">Deuteronomy 28:52</a>). The inability to open them underscores the totality of God's judgment, emphasizing that human efforts cannot reverse what God has decreed.<p><b>All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive.</b><br>This statement reflects the fulfillment of the prophetic warnings given by Jeremiah and other prophets about the consequences of Judah's persistent idolatry and rebellion against God. The exile to Babylon was a pivotal event in Jewish history, marking the end of the Davidic kingdom and the beginning of the Babylonian captivity. This phrase highlights the completeness of the exile—"wholly taken captive"—indicating that the entire nation, not just a part, was affected. This aligns with other scriptures that speak of the exile, such as <a href="/2_kings/25-21.htm">2 Kings 25:21</a> and <a href="/2_chronicles/36-20.htm">2 Chronicles 36:20</a>, which describe the deportation of the people. Theologically, the exile serves as a type of Christ's redemptive work, where He takes upon Himself the captivity of sin and offers liberation through His sacrifice, as seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a> and <a href="/luke/4-18.htm">Luke 4:18</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by themes of repentance and impending judgment.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_negev.htm">The Negev</a></b><br>A desert region in the southern part of Judah. Known for its harsh conditions, it symbolizes desolation and abandonment in this context.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, consisting of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. It faced destruction and exile due to its persistent disobedience to God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/exile.htm">Exile</a></b><br>The forced removal of the people of Judah to Babylon as a consequence of their sin and rebellion against God. This event fulfilled the warnings given by prophets like Jeremiah.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/captivity.htm">Captivity</a></b><br>The state of being held in bondage, representing both physical and spiritual consequences of turning away from God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Judah's exile serves as a stark reminder of the serious consequences of turning away from God's commands. It calls believers to examine their own lives for areas of disobedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Reality of God's Judgment</a></b><br>God's warnings through prophets like Jeremiah were not empty threats. His judgment is real and serves as a call to repentance and faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_desolation.htm">Hope in Desolation</a></b><br>Even in the midst of judgment, God's ultimate plan includes restoration and hope. Believers can trust in God's faithfulness to His promises, even when facing difficult circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_heeding_prophetic_warnings.htm">The Importance of Heeding Prophetic Warnings</a></b><br>The people of Judah ignored Jeremiah's warnings, leading to their downfall. This teaches the importance of listening to God's Word and responding with obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_captivity.htm">Spiritual Captivity</a></b><br>Just as Judah was physically taken captive, sin can lead to spiritual captivity. Believers are encouraged to seek freedom through Christ and live in the liberty He provides.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_themes_in_jeremiah.htm">What are the key themes in the Book of Jeremiah?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_historical_records_confirm_jeremiah_42.htm">Jeremiah 42:11-12: The text promises divine protection from Babylon; do non-biblical historical records confirm or contradict this claim?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_judah_israel_bless_amid_strife.htm">Zechariah 8:13: How could the house of Judah and Israel become blessings to other nations in light of ongoing regional strife?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/proof_of_god's_judgments_in_history.htm">(Jeremiah 17:13) Is there any historical or archaeological proof that God's judgments, such as the writing of names in the dust, were visibly carried out?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">The cities of the south.</span>--The term thus rendered (the <span class= "ital">Negeb</span>) is throughout the Old Testament used for a definite district, stretching from Mount Halak northward to a line south of Engedi and Hebron. The strategy of Nebuchadnezzar's attack (as it had been of Sennacherib's, <a href="/2_kings/18-13.htm" title="Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.">2Kings 18:13</a>) was to blockade the cities of this region, and then, when they were cut off from sending assistance, to attack Jerusalem.<p><span class= "bld">Shall be shut up . . . shall be carried away.</span>--Both verbs should be in the present tense, <span class= "ital">are shut up, is carried away.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - The rendering of the Authorized Version is substantially right, as the events referred to are obviously future. The tense, however, in the Hebrew, is the perfect - viz. that of prophetic certitude. Jeremiah sees it all in prophetic vision, as if it were actually taking place. <span class="cmt_word">The cities of the south</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> of the dry, southern country of Judah, called the Negeb - <span class="cmt_word">shall be</span> [are] <span class="cmt_word">shut up</span> - <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. blocked up with ruins (as <a href="/isaiah/24-10.htm">Isaiah 24:10</a>) - <span class="cmt_word">and none shall open them</span> (openeth them), because all Judah will have been carried captive. (For fulfillment, see <a href="/jeremiah/34-7.htm">Jeremiah 34:7</a>.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/13-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The cities</span><br /><span class="heb">עָרֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the Negev</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנֶּ֛גֶב</span> <span class="translit">(han·ne·ḡeḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5045.htm">Strong's 5045: </a> </span><span class="str2">South country, the Negeb, south</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have been shut tight,</span><br /><span class="heb">סֻגְּר֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(sug·gə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5462.htm">Strong's 5462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shut up, to surrender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and no one</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵ֣ין</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">can open them.</span><br /><span class="heb">פֹּתֵ֑חַ</span> <span class="translit">(pō·ṯê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6605.htm">Strong's 6605: </a> </span><span class="str2">To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">All</span><br /><span class="heb">כֻּלָּ֖הּ</span> <span class="translit">(kul·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Judah</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוּדָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hū·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has been carried into exile,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָגְלָ֧ת</span> <span class="translit">(hā·ḡə·lāṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1540.htm">Strong's 1540: </a> </span><span class="str2">To denude, to exile, to reveal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wholly</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁלוֹמִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(šə·lō·w·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7965.htm">Strong's 7965: </a> </span><span class="str2">Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace</span><br /><br /><span class="word">taken captive.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָגְלָ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(hā·ḡə·lāṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1540.htm">Strong's 1540: </a> </span><span class="str2">To denude, to exile, to reveal</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/13-19.htm">Jeremiah 13:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/13-19.htm">Jeremiah 13:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/13-19.htm">Jeremiah 13:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/13-19.htm">Jeremiah 13:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/13-19.htm">Jeremiah 13:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/13-19.htm">Jeremiah 13:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/13-19.htm">Jeremiah 13:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/13-19.htm">Jeremiah 13:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/13-19.htm">Jeremiah 13:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/13-19.htm">Jeremiah 13:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/13-19.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 13:19 The cities of the South are shut (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/13-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 13:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 13:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/13-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 13:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 13:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>