New American Standard Bible 2020

Ezekiel 29:8-14

8‘Therefore the Lord God says this: “Behold, I am going to 1bring upon you a sword, and I will cut off from you human and animal life. 9The 2land of Egypt will become a desolation and place of ruins. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

“Because 3you 4said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I have made it,’ 10therefore, behold, I am 5against you and against your 6canals, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene and as far as the border of 7Cush. 11A human foot will 8not pass through it, nor will the foot of an animal pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years. 12So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the 9midst of deserted lands. And her cities, in the midst of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate for forty years; and I will 10scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.”

13‘For this is what the Lord God says: “At the end of forty years I will 11gather the Egyptians from the peoples 12among whom they were scattered. 14And I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to the land of 13Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom.

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Notes

1. Ezekiel 29:8 Jer 46:13; Ezek 14:17 ↩
2. Ezekiel 29:9 Ezek 29:10-12; 30:7, 8, 13-19 ↩
3. Ezekiel 29:9 As in ancient versions; MT he ↩
4. Ezekiel 29:9 Prov 16:18; 18:12; Ezek 29:3 ↩
5. Ezekiel 29:10 Ezek 13:8; 21:3; 26:3; 29:3 ↩
6. Ezekiel 29:10 Or Nile ↩
7. Ezekiel 29:10 Or Ethiopia ↩
8. Ezekiel 29:11 Jer 43:11, 12; 46:19; Ezek 32:13 ↩
9. Ezekiel 29:12 Jer 25:15-19; 27:6-11; Ezek 30:7 ↩
10. Ezekiel 29:12 Jer 46:19; Ezek 30:23, 26 ↩
11. Ezekiel 29:13 Is 19:22; Jer 46:26 ↩
12. Ezekiel 29:13 Lit where ↩
13. Ezekiel 29:14 Is 11:11; Jer 44:1, 15; Ezek 30:14 ↩

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