⁹ The ^(A)land of Egypt will become a desolation and waste. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.

Because ^[a]you ^(B)said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I have made it,’ ¹⁰ therefore, behold, I am ^(C)against you and against your canals of the Nile, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene and even to the border of ^[b]Ethiopia. ¹¹ A man’s foot will ^(D)not pass through it, and the foot of a beast will not pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years. ¹² So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the ^(E)midst of desolated lands. And her cities, in the midst of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate forty years; and I will ^(F)scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.”

¹³ ‘For thus says Lord Yahweh, “At the end of forty years I will ^(G)gather the Egyptians from the peoples ^[c]among whom they were scattered. ¹⁴ I will return the fortunes of Egypt and make them return to the land of ^(H)Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom. ¹⁵ It will be the ^(I)lowest of the kingdoms, and it will never again lift itself up above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will not ^(J)have dominion over the nations. ¹⁶ And it will never again be the ^(K)security of the house of Israel, ^(L)bringing to remembrance the iniquity of their having turned to go after Egypt. Then they will know that I am Lord Yahweh.”’”