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. Cross References Jeremiah 20:4 For this is what the LORD says: 'I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword. Jeremiah 32:44 Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah--the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev--because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD." Jeremiah 52:27 There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land. Lamentations 1:3 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. Ezekiel 20:46 "Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev. Zechariah 7:7 Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?'" Treasury of Scripture 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. Jeremiah 17:26 Jeremiah 33:13 Joshua 18:5 shut. Deuteronomy 28:52 Job 12:14 Judah. Jeremiah 29:9 Jeremiah 52:27 Leviticus 26:31-33 |