¹² I will make the land of Egypt ·the most deserted country of all [^La desolation among desolate lands]. Her cities will be ·the most deserted of all [a desolation among] ruined cities for forty years. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, spreading them among the countries.

¹³ “‘This is what the Lord God says: After forty years I will gather Egypt from the nations where they have been scattered. ¹⁴ I will ·bring back the Egyptian captives [restore the fortunes of Egypt] and make them return to ·southern Egypt [^Lthe land of Pathros], to the land ·they came from [of their ancestry/origin]. They will become a ·weak [lowly; insignificant] kingdom there.