¹² I will make the land of Egypt desolate^(A) 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.^(B)

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,^(C) the land of their ancestry. There they will be a lowly^(D) kingdom.^{(E) 15} It will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the other nations.^(F) I will make it so weak that it will never again rule over the nations.

²³ I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries.^(A)

²⁶ I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord.^(A)”