the South Heb. the Negeb, a barren region in the S. of Judah (see Genesis 12:9 mg.), whose cities are named Joshua 15:21-32. The sense is: none shall escape, not even those most remote from the point at which the invader from the north (Jeremiah 13:20) enters the land.

it is wholly, etc.] We may make a very probable correction in MT., and so (with LXX) render an entire captivity.

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