Jeremiah 13:19 - Exposition

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. The cities of the south ; i.e. of the dry, southern country of Judah, called the Negeb— shall be [are] shut up — i . e . blocked up with ruins (as Isaiah 24:10 )— and none shall open them (openeth them), because all Judah will have been carried captive. (For fulfillment, see Jeremiah 34:7 .)