8. ‘Therefore thus said the Master יהוה, “See, I am bringing a sword upon you and shall cut off from you man and beast.
9. “And the land of Mitsrayim shall become a desert and a waste. And they shall know that I am יהוה, because he said, ‘The River is mine, and I have made it.’
10. “Therefore see, I am against you and against your rivers, and shall make the land of Mitsrayim an utter waste and a desert, from Mig̅dol to Sewĕnĕh, as far as the border of Kush.
11. “No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited for forty years.
12. “And I shall make the land of Mitsrayim a desert in the midst of the lands that are waste. And among the cities that are ruined, her cities shall be a waste forty years. And I shall scatter the Mitsrites among the nations, and I shall disperse them throughout the lands.”
13. ‘For thus said the Master יהוה, “At the end of forty years I shall gather the Mitsrites from the peoples among whom they were scattered.
14. “And I shall turn back the captivity of Mitsrayim and I shall bring them back to the land of Pathros, to the land of their birth, and there they shall be a lowly reign,
15. being the lowliest of reigns, and never again exalt itself above the nations. And I shall make them few so as not to rule over the nations.
16. “And no longer is it to be the refuge of the house of Yisra’ĕl, bringing to remembrance their crookedness when they turned to follow them. And they shall know that I am the Master יהוה.” ’ ”
17. And it came to be in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, that the word of יהוה came to me, saying,
18. “Son of man, Neḇuḵaḏretstsar sovereign of Baḇel made his army to serve a great service against Tsor, every head was made bald and every shoulder worn bare. But he and his army received no reward from Tsor, for the service he served against it.
19. “Therefore thus said the Master יהוה, ‘See, I am giving the land of Mitsrayim to Neḇuḵaḏretstsar sovereign of Baḇel. And he shall take away her wealth, take her spoil, and remove her pillage. And it shall be a reward for his army.
20. ‘I have given him the land of Mitsrayim as a reward for his labour, because they worked for Me,’ declares the Master יהוה.