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.