Ezekiel 29:12

And I will cause her land to be utterly destroyed in the midst of a land that is desolate, and her cities shall be desolate forty years in the midst of cities that are desolate: and I will disperse Egypt among the nations, and will utterly scatter them into the countries.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

11No foot of man shall pass through it, and no foot of beast shall pass through it, and it shall not be inhabited for forty years.

13Thus saith the Lord; After forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations among whom they have been scattered;

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Cross References

Jeremiah 25:15Thus saith the Lord, The bow of Elam is broken, even the chief of their power.

Ezekiel 30:23And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations, and will utterly scatter them among the countries.

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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