and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. (A)Then they will know that I am the Lord.

(B)“Because you[a] said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I made it,’ 10 therefore, (C)behold, I am against you and (D)against your streams, and (E)I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, (F)from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush. 11 (G)No foot of man shall pass through it, and no foot of beast shall pass through it; it shall be uninhabited forty years.

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  1. Ezekiel 29:9 Hebrew he

Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

“‘Because you said, “The Nile(A) is mine; I made it,(B) 10 therefore I am against you(C) and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt(D) a ruin and a desolate waste(E) from Migdol(F) to Aswan,(G) as far as the border of Cush.[a](H) 11 The foot of neither man nor beast will pass through it; no one will live there for forty years.(I)

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  1. Ezekiel 29:10 That is, the upper Nile region