8. Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and will cut off from thee man and beast.
9. And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am the Lord: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it,
10. therefore behold, I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even unto the border of Ethiopia.
11. No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
12. 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.