Ezekiel 29:5-12

5I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open ground and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you to the wild creatures of the earth and the birds of the sky as food.

6“‘Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the Lord, for they have been a staff made of reed to the house of Israel.

7When Israel grasped you by the hand, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you shattered and made all their hips unsteady.

8“‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: I am going to bring a sword against you and cut off both people and animals from you.

9The land of Egypt will be a desolate ruin. Then they will know that I am the Lord. Because you said, “The Nile is my own; I made it,”

10therefore, I am against you and your Nile. I will turn the land of Egypt into ruins, a desolate waste from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush.

11No human foot will pass through it, and no animal foot will pass through it. It will be uninhabited for forty years.

12I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and its cities will be a desolation among ruined cities for forty years. I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.