Ezekiel 29:9-16

Common English Bible

⁹ The land of Egypt will be turned into a wasteland and ruins. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

Because you^[a] said, “The Nile is mine; I made it,” ¹⁰ I’m against you and against the Nile’s canals. I will make the land of Egypt into an utter ruin, a wasteland, from Migdol to Syene and as far as its boundary with Cush. ¹¹ No foot, animal or human, will walk across it, and it won’t be inhabited for forty years. ¹² I will make the land of Egypt the most desolate of wastelands and its cities the most devastated of ruined cities. It will be a wasteland for forty years, and the Egyptians will be scattered among the nations and dispersed throughout the lands.

¹³ The Lord God proclaims: At the end of forty years, I will gather the Egyptians from among the nations where they are scattered. ¹⁴ I will improve their circumstances and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. Egypt will be a lowly kingdom there. ¹⁵ Out of all the kingdoms, it will be the lowliest. It will never again exalt itself over the nations, and I will make it small to keep it from ruling the nations. ¹⁶ The house of Israel will never again bring guilt on itself by faithlessly turning to Egypt for help, for they will know that I am the Lord God.