Jeremiah 13:19

The cities of the south shall be shut up— "The cities in the southern parts of Judaea shall be shut up, because there shall be no inhabitants. All the lot of Judah, heretofore so beautiful, so well-peopled, so full of fine cities, shall be desolate." Some understand this of Egypt, which lay to the south of Judaea, and which was to be shut against, and to afford the Jews no succour. But the first interpretation seems the best, and most agreeable to the context. See Calmet.