The cities of the South shall be shut up] Of Judah, lying South from Babylon, and from the other Tribes; being either straitly beleaguered, Deuteronomy 28:52. or depopulated, and left without inhabitant. Chap. 9. 11. Or, of Egypt, lying to the South from Judah, being restrained, either from sending them succour, or affording them entertainment.