¹² I will make the land of Egypt desolate^(A) among devastated lands, and her cities will lie desolate forty years among ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries.^(B)

¹³ “‘Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations where they were scattered.

²³ I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries.^(A)

²⁶ I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord.^(A)”