7. when they took you in hand, you would splinter and make their shoulders sore; when they leaned on you, you would break, bringing them to their knees—
8. now the Lord God proclaims: I’m bringing a sword against you, and I will cut off from you human and beast.
9. The land of Egypt will be turned into a wasteland and ruins. Then they will know that I am the Lord.Because you said, "The Nile is mine; I made it,"
10. I’m against you and against the Nile’s canals. I will make the land of Egypt into an utter ruin, a wasteland, from Migdol to Syene and as far as its boundary with Cush.
11. No foot, animal or human, will walk across it, and it won’t be inhabited for forty years.
12. I will make the land of Egypt the most desolate of wastelands and its cities the most devastated of ruined cities. It will be a wasteland for forty years, and the Egyptians will be scattered among the nations and dispersed throughout the lands.