Ezekiel 29:6-16

6Then all the people who live in Egypt will know that I am the Lord. Israel's people thought that you would help them. But you were only like a weak stick for them.

7When they wanted you to hold them up, you broke into pieces. Your sharp pieces tore their shoulders. When they held on to you, you caused their legs to shake.

8So this is what the Almighty Lord says: I will bring am army to attack you. I will use them to kill all your men and your animals.

9The land of Egypt will become an empty place. Then they will know that I am the Lord. You said, ‘The Nile river belongs to me. I made it for myself.’

10Because of that, I have become the enemy of you and your streams. I will destroy the land of Egypt. It will be an empty place, and its buildings will become heaps of stones. I will do that everywhere, from Migdol to Aswan and as far as Ethiopia's border.

11No men or animals will walk through that land. Nobody will live there for 40 years.

12Egypt will become like a desert among empty lands. Its cities will be empty for 40 years, among cities that have become heaps of stones. I will cause the Egyptians to go and live among other nations in places far away.

13But this is what the Almighty Lord says: After 40 years, I will bring the Egyptians back from the places where I sent them.

14I will bring them back home to live in peace. I will bring them to Pathros, the land of their ancestors. There they will be a weak kingdom.

15Egypt will be the least important of all kingdoms. It will never again have power over other nations. I will make it too weak to rule over other nations.

16Israel will never again hope that Egypt has the power to help them. Instead, Egypt will cause Israel's people to remember their sin. Their sin was to ask Egypt for help. Then they will know that I am the Almighty Lord.” ’