Ezekiel 29:9-16
New International Version
9 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) 12 I will make the land of Egypt desolate(J) among devastated lands, and her cities will lie desolate forty years among ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries.(K)
13 “‘Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations where they were scattered. 14 I will bring them back from captivity and return them to Upper Egypt,(L) the land of their ancestry. There they will be a lowly(M) kingdom.(N) 15 It will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the other nations.(O) I will make it so weak that it will never again rule over the nations. 16 Egypt will no longer be a source of confidence(P) for the people of Israel but will be a reminder(Q) of their sin in turning to her for help.(R) Then they will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.(S)’”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 29:10 That is, the upper Nile region
Ezekiel 29:9-16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
9 and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.
Because you[a] said, “The Nile is mine, and I made it,” 10 therefore, I am against you and against your channels, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush.(A) 11 No human foot shall pass through it, and no animal foot shall pass through it; it shall be uninhabited forty years.(B) 12 I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolated countries, and her cities shall be a desolation forty years among cities that are laid waste. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the countries.(C)
13 Further, thus says the Lord God: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered,(D) 14 and I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom. 15 It shall be the most lowly of the kingdoms and never again exalt itself above the nations, and I will make them so small that they will never again rule over the nations. 16 The Egyptians[b] shall never again be the reliance of the house of Israel; they will recall their iniquity when they turned to them for aid. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God.(E)
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