¹¹ No ·person or animal will walk [^Lfoot of man shall pass through it and no foot of beast will pass] through it, and no one will live in Egypt for forty years. ¹² I will make the land of Egypt ·the most deserted country of all [^La desolation among desolate lands]. Her cities will be ·the most deserted of all [a desolation among] ruined cities for forty years. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, spreading them among the countries.

¹³ “‘This is what the Lord God says: After forty years I will gather Egypt from the nations where they have been scattered.