Ezekiel 29:12

And I will set the land of Egypt in desolation, in the midst of desolate lands, and its cities in the midst of overturned cites. And they will be desolate for forty years. And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and I will disperse them among the lands.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11The foot of man will not pass through it, and the foot of cattle will not walk in it. And it will be uninhabited for forty years.

13For thus says the Lord God: After the end of forty years, I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they had been scattered.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 25:15For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Take the chalice of the wine of this fury from my hand. And you shall cause all the nations, to which I will send you, to drink from it.

Jeremiah 46:19Equip yourself for the transmigration, O daughter who inhabits Egypt. For Memphis will be in desolation, and it will be deserted and uninhabited.

Ezekiel 30:23And I will disperse Egypt among the nations, and I will scatter them among the lands.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 29:9-17

Fall and Restoration of Egypt. ( b. c. 589.) 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. 9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the Lord : because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it. 10 Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. 11 No foot of man… Read the whole commentary →

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