11 The foot of neither man nor beast will pass through it; no one will live there for forty years.(A) 12 I will make the land of Egypt desolate(B) 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.(C)

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,(D) the land of their ancestry. There they will be a lowly(E) kingdom.(F) 15 It will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the other nations.(G) 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(H) for the people of Israel but will be a reminder(I) of their sin in turning to her for help.(J) Then they will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.(K)’”

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11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

12 And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

13 Yet thus saith the Lord God; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:

14 And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.

15 It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.

16 And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord God.

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