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Ezekiel 29:11

Judgment

9 The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it,’

10 therefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as far as the border of Cush.

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

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.

13 For 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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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
No foot of man or beast will pass through, and it will be uninhabited for forty years.
KJV
No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
WEB
No foot of man will pass through it, nor will any animal foot pass through it. It won’t be inhabited for forty years.
ASV
No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
DARBY
No foot of man shall pass through it, nor shall foot of beast pass through it, nor shall it be inhabited, forty years.
BLB
The foot of man will not pass through it, and the foot of beast will not pass through it, and it will not be inhabited forty years.
ÅB
Ingen menneskefot skal fare fram der, og ingen fefot skal fare fram der, og det skal ikke reise seg igjen på førti år.
OTB
Ingen menneskefot skal gå gjennom det, heller ikke foten av et dyr skal gå gjennom det, og det skal være ubebodd i førti år.
B1930
Ingen menneskefot skal fare frem der, og ingen fefot skal fare frem der, og det skal ikke reise sig igjen på firti år.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 32:13

    I will slaughter all her cattle beside the abundant waters. No human foot will muddy them again, and no cattle hooves will disturb them.

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  • Jeremiah 43:11–12

    He will come and strike down the land of Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword.

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  • Ezekiel 31:12

    Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.

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  • Ezekiel 30:10–13

    This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

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  • Ezekiel 33:28

    I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.

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  • Ezekiel 36:28

    Then you will live in the land that I gave your forefathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.

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  • Daniel 9:2

    in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:21

    So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.

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