Ezekiel 29:11–16

¹¹A foot of a human will not pass over it, and a foot of an animal will not pass over it, and so it will not be inhabited for forty years.^{k 12}And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated countries, and its cities to be in the midst of ruined cities. They will be a desolation for forty years, and I will scatter Egypt among the nations, and I will disperse them among the countries.”

¹³For thus says the Lord Yahweh: “At the end of forty years I will gather Egypt from the peoples among whom they were scattered. ¹⁴And I will restore the fortunes of Egypt, and I will bring them back to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and they will be a lowly kingdom there. ¹⁵Of all the kingdoms it will be the most lowly, and it will not exalt itself again over the nations, and I will make them small so as not to rule over the nations. ¹⁶And it will not be again for the house of Israel an object of trust, bringing to remembrance their guilt when they turned back to them,^l and they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.”