10 Now I am turning against you and your river. Your nation will be nothing but an empty wasteland all the way from the town of Migdol in the north to Aswan in the south, and as far as the border of Ethiopia.
11 No human or animal will even dare travel through Egypt, because no sign of life will be found there for forty years.
12 It will be the most barren place on earth. Every city in Egypt will lie in ruins during those forty years, and I will scatter your people throughout the nations of the world.
13 Then after those forty years have passed, I will bring your people back from the places where I scattered them.
14 They will once again live in their homeland in southern Egypt. But they will be a weak kingdom
15 and won't ever be strong enough to rule nations, as they did in the past.
16 My own people Israel will never again depend on your nation. In fact, when the Israelites remember what happened to you Egyptians, they will realize how wrong they were to turn to you for help. Then the Israelites will know that I, the Lord God, did these things.