Ezekiel 29:9-11

New Catholic Bible

⁹ The land of Egypt will become a desolate waste, and the inhabitants will know that I am the Lord.

Because you said, “The Nile is mine; I was the one who made it,” ¹⁰ therefore I am against you and your tributaries. I will make the land of Egypt a ruin and a desolate waste, from Migdol^[a] to Syene, and even beyond to the frontiers of Ethiopia. ¹¹ No human foot shall pass through it, nor shall any animal foot do so. It shall remain uninhabited for forty years. Read full chapter