"Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were sca…" — Ezekiel 29:13

Ezekiel 29:13 · KJV

“Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:”

— Ezekiel 29:13

Verse 12

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.

Verse 14

And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return {into} the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom. {habitation: or, birth} {base: Heb. low}

Ezekiel 29 — Context

No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:

It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.

Cross References

Isaiah 19:22

And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal {it}: and they shall return {even} to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.

Jeremiah 46:26

And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.