Ezekiel 29:12 “I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and h…”

Ezekiel 29:12

I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and her cities will lie desolate for forty years among the ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the middle of the countries that are desolate. Her cities among the cities that are laid waste will be a desolation forty years. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.”

American Standard Version

And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I wil make the land of Egypt desolate in the middes of the countries, that are desolate, and her cities shall be desolate among the cities that are desolate, for fourtie yeeres: and I wil scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and wil disperse them through the countreis.

Darby Translation

And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolated, and her cities shall be, in the midst of the cities that are laid waste, a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have made the land of Egypt a desolation, In the midst of desolate lands, And its cities, in the midst of waste cities, Are a desolation forty years, And I have scattered the Egyptians among nations, And I have dispersed them through lands.

Bible in Basic English

I will make the land of Egypt a waste among the countries which are made waste, and her towns will be unpeopled among the towns which have been made waste, for forty years: and I will send the Egyptians in flight among the nations and wandering through the countries.

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Cross references

“desolate in”

Ezekiel 30:7 Jeremiah 25:15–19 Jeremiah 27:6–11

Ezekiel 30:7 · BSB

They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities.

Jeremiah 25:15–19 · BSB

This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.

Jeremiah 27:6–11 · BSB

So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.

“and I will scatter”

Ezekiel 30:23 Jeremiah 46:19

Ezekiel 30:23 · BSB

I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

Jeremiah 46:19 · BSB

Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.

Also

Ezekiel 30:26

Ezekiel 30:26 · BSB

I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11No foot of man or beast will pass through, and it will be uninhabited for forty years.

13For this is what the Lord GOD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations to which they were scattered.

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