Ezekiel 29:9-16

New International Version

⁹Egypt 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)” ¹⁰therefore 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) ¹¹The foot of neither man nor beast will pass through it; no one will live there for forty years.^(I) ¹²I 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. ¹⁴I 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) ¹⁵It 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. ¹⁶Egypt 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)’”

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Ezekiel 29:10 That is, the upper Nile region

Ezekiel 29:9-16

English Standard Version

⁹and 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,’ ¹⁰therefore, ^(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. ¹²^(H)And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated countries, and her cities shall be a desolation forty years among cities that are laid waste. ^(I)I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.

¹³“For thus says the Lord God: At the end of forty years ^(J)I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered, ¹⁴and ^(K)I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to ^(L)the land of Pathros, the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom. ¹⁵It shall be the most lowly of the kingdoms, ^(M)and never again exalt itself above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will never again rule over the nations. ¹⁶And it shall never again be ^(N)the reliance of the house of Israel, recalling their iniquity, when they turn to them for aid. ^(O)Then they will know that I am the Lord God.”