Shall be shut up - Rather, are shut up, and no man opens them. The cities of the Negeb, the southern district of Judah, are blockad…

The cities of the south. —The term so rendered (the Negeb) is throughout the Old Testament used for a definite district, …

By the cities of the south, almost all understand this to mean the cities of the tribe of Judah, whose territory was towards the south. An…

The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall
open them
Meaning the cities…

Here is a message sent to King Jehoiakim and his queen. Their sorrows would be great indeed. If they ask, "Why do these things come upon us?" let t…

Here, he gives the application of the allegory, and on this topic, he makes two points.

1. First, he applies the allegory to the puni…