19 The cities of the south* themselves have been shut up, so that there is no one opening [them]. Judah in its entirety has been taken into exile. It has been taken into exile completely.+

13 “‘In the cities of the mountainous region, in the cities of the lowland+ and in the cities of the south+ and in the land of Benjamin+ and in the surroundings of Jerusalem+ and in the cities of Judah+ flocks will yet pass by under the hands of the one taking the count,’+ Jehovah has said.”