"9. "And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and 

 they shall know that I am the Lord ; because he hath said, The 



" 10. Behold, therefore, I ani against thee, and against thy 

 rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, 

 from the tower of Syene even unto the borders of Ethiopia. 



"11. No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast 

 shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. 



" 12. And I will make the land of Egypt desolate, in the midst 

 of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities 

 that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years; and I will scatter 

 the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through 





" 13. Yet thus saith the Lord God : At the end of forty years 

 will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were 

 scattered. 



"14. And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will 

 cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of 

 their habitation, and they shall be there a base kingdom. 



" 15. It shall be the basest of the kingdoms, neither shall it 

 exalt itself any more among the nations; for I will diminish them 

 that they shall no more rule over the nations " 



B.C. 587, Ezekiel xxxn, 13. "I will destroy also all the beasts 

 thereof beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man 

 trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. 



" 14. Then will I make their waters deep, and caus ri their rivers 

 to run like oil, saith the Lord God." 



" 15. When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the 

 country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I 

 shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that 

 I am the Lord.'' 



Drought is clearly indicated, so that the reference to the 

 deep waters running like of! must mean that the Nile would 



