The Meaning of Jeremiah 13:19 Explained

Jeremiah 13:19

KJV: 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.

YLT: 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 --

Darby: 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.

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Jeremiah 13:19 Mean?

Verse Meaning

All the people of Judah had been or would be carried into exile, even those who lived in the Negev towns to the far south in Judah. That Isaiah , most of the people from all over Judah were involved. There were still some who did not leave the land in586 B.C. ( 2 Kings 25:22). Jeremiah"s statement in this verse is somewhat hyperbolic.

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 13

1  By the type of a linen belt, hidden at Euphrates,
9  God prefigures the destruction of his people
12  By the parable of bottles filled with wine he foretells their drunkenness in misery
15  He exhorts to prevent their future judgments
22  He shows their abominations are the cause thereof

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 13:19 mean?

The cities of the Negev shall be shut up and no one shall open [them] shall be carried away captive Judah all of it wholly -
עָרֵ֥י הַנֶּ֛גֶב סֻגְּר֖וּ וְאֵ֣ין פֹּתֵ֑חַ הָגְלָ֧ת יְהוּדָ֛ה כֻּלָּ֖הּ שְׁלוֹמִֽים ס

עָרֵ֥י  The  cities 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
הַנֶּ֛גֶב  of  the  Negev 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: נֶגֶב  
Sense: south-country, Nekeb, south.
סֻגְּר֖וּ  shall  be  shut  up 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: סָגוּר 
Sense: to shut, close.
וְאֵ֣ין  and  no  one 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
פֹּתֵ֑חַ  shall  open  [them] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: פָּתַח 
Sense: to open.
הָגְלָ֧ת  shall  be  carried  away  captive 
Parse: Verb, Hofal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: גָּלָה  
Sense: to uncover, remove.
יְהוּדָ֛ה  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
כֻּלָּ֖הּ  all  of  it 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
שְׁלוֹמִֽים  wholly 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁלֹום  
Sense: completeness, soundness, welfare, peace.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation