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"The ^(C1)land of Egypt will become a desolation and place of ruins. Then they will know that I am the LORD. "Because ^(F1)you ^(C2)said, 'The Nile is mine, and I have made it,'

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therefore, behold, I am ^(C1)against you and against your ^(F1)canals, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene and as far as the border of ^(F2)Cush.

"A human foot will ^(C1)not pass through it, nor will the foot of an animal pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years.

"So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the ^(C1)midst of deserted lands. And her cities, in the midst of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate for forty years; and I will ^(C2)scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands."

'For this is what the Lord GOD says: "At the end of forty years I will ^(C1)gather the Egyptians from the peoples ^(F1)among whom they were scattered.

"And I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to the land of ^(C1)Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom.

"It will be the ^(C1)lowest of the kingdoms, and it will not raise itself above the nations again. And I will make them small so that they will not ^(C2)rule over the nations.

"And it will no longer be a kingdom on which ^(C1)the house of Israel relies, ^(F1)(C2)bringing to mind the guilt of their having turned ^(F2)to Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD."'"