13<\/strong>. After forty years of desolation Egypt shall be restored, though only to the rank of a humble kingdom. It shall no more rule over the nations ( Eze 29:15<\/em><\/span>); and no more be a confidence to the house of Israel, seducing them away from trust in Jehovah alone.<\/p>\n Yet thus saith<\/em> ] For<\/strong> thus. Ezekiel considers forty years a general expression like Jeremiah’s seventy years to be the period of Babylonian supremacy in the world. At the end of this period a change in the aspect of the world shall supervene under Jehovah’s guidance; Israel will be restored (ch. Eze 4:6<\/span>), and the other nations subject to Babylon shall be reinstated. Egypt shall be restored though only to be a humble state in comparison of her former greatness. For people peoples.<\/p>\n A similar respite was promised to Moab Jer 48:47<\/span>, to Ammon Jer 49:6<\/span>, and to Tyre Isa 23:15<\/span>.<\/P><\/p>\n Verse 13<\/span>. Will I gather the Egyptians<\/B><\/I>] It is probable that Cyrus gave permission to the Egyptians brought to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar, to return to their own country. And if we reckon from the commencement of the war against Pharaoh-hophra by Nebuchadnezzar, to the third<\/I> or fourth<\/I> year of Cyrus, the term will be about forty<\/I> years.<\/P> <\/p>\n Forty years:<\/B> see Eze 29:11<\/span>. <\/P> Gather, <\/B>by some eminent acts of Providence toward them, perhaps inclining the generous mind of Cyrus to favour them, and proclaim liberty to them, and under the government of old Areasis, that reigned fifty-five years, saith Diodorus, some ten or twelve of which might be under Cyrus, who had a kindness for the old man; and he, to repair the wastes, obtained and published great privileges for the new replanters. <\/P> The people; <\/B>Babylon, Ethiopia, Libya, and other countries, that can be but conjectured to have been receptacles for them. <\/P> <\/p>\n 13.<\/B> (Jer46:26<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n Yet thus saith the Lord God, at the end of forty years<\/strong>,…. Reckoning from its devastation by Nebuchadnezzar to the taking of Babylon by Cyrus:<\/p>\n will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered<\/strong>; from Babylon, and other places; Cyrus very probably being stirred up by the Lord to proclaim liberty to the Egyptians, as he did to the Jews, to return to their own land; and at the same time restored Amasis to the quiet possession of his kingdom, who must be still alive; since, according to Diodorus Siculus w, he reigned fifty five years; though, according to Herodotus x, he reigned but forty four years.<\/p>\n w Bibliothec. l. 1. p. 62. Ed. Rhodoman. x Thalia, sive l. 3. c. 10.<\/p>\n (13) At the end of forty years.<\/strong>See Note on Eze. 29:11<\/span>.<\/p>\n “For thus says the Lord Yahweh, At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they have been scattered, and I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and they will be there a base kingdom. It will be the basest of the kingdoms, neither will it any more lift itself above the nations. And I will diminish them that they will no more rule over the nations.”<\/p>\n Many of the Egyptians who left would again be restored to their land, but never again to lord it over their world. They would be restored to the southern part of the kingdom, Pathros, and forever be a lowly kingdom. That this latter has been so is undoubted, for once they had been humbled by the Medo-Persians they were never really strong again. Yahweh had ‘diminished’ them.<\/p>\n Remark, I pray you, Reader, the blessedness of this promise. Egypt, as a Gentile nation, is to be gathered; and though ever after she is to be kept in the greatest humbleness, yea, as a base nation, but this seems to be spoken of as no disadvantage, it is blessed to be vile in our own eyes, if lovely in Christ Jesus before God. For God hath chosen base things of the world, and things which are despised, to bring to nought things that are. 1Co 1:28<\/span> . Read that sweet promise, Isa 19:18-25<\/span> .<\/p>\n Eze 29:13 Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:<\/p>\n Ver. 13. Will I gather the Egyptians.<\/strong> ] God loveth to help men that are forsaken of their hopes. Cyrus sent them home likely about that time that he took Babylon; and his son Cambyses had somewhat to do to subdue them, so high they were soon grown and headstrong. Humbled they were, but not humble; low, but not lowly.<\/p>\n NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Eze 29:13-16<\/p>\n 13’For thus says the Lord GOD, At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered. 14I will turn the fortunes of Egypt and make them return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom. 15It will be the lowest of the kingdoms, and it will never again lift itself up above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will not rule over the nations. 16And it will never again be the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing to mind the iniquity of their having turned to Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.’<\/p>\n Eze 29:13-16 YHWH will restore Egypt to their land (cf. Deu 32:8), but they will not be a powerful nation.<\/p>\n Eze 29:14 Pathros This (BDB 837) refers to upper (i.e., southern region) Egypt, from Cairo to Aswan (cf. Gen 10:14; Jer 44:1; Jer 44:15).<\/p>\n Eze 29:16 Israel will never again trust in Egypt for security (cf. Isa 30:1-3; Isa 31:1-3; Isa 36:6 [note Eze 29:6]).<\/p>\n will I gather. Therefore they could not be the people known as gipsies. <\/p>\n people = peoples. <\/p>\n Eze 29:13-16<\/p>\n Eze 29:13-16<\/p>\n “Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: at the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples whither they were scattered; and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and I will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom. It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations: and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to remembrance, when they turn to look after them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.”<\/p>\n RESTORATION OF EGYPT AFTER FORTY YEARS<\/p>\n There is not a more remarkable prophecy in all the Word of God than this one.<\/p>\n “It (Egypt) shall be the basest of the kingdoms …” (Eze 29:15). Egypt throughout all subsequent history has continued to remain a nation of secondary strength and importance. Babylon dominated her; then Persia dominated her; then the Greeks under Alexander the Great were her masters; after them came the Seleucids, and still later the Romans! What a remarkable fulfillment of the words of this prophecy. Even modern times have revealed no change whatever in the continued secondary status of Egypt, that once-great nation which preceded Assyria, Babylon, and other great world powers as the monolithic terror of the whole world, and for a long period rivaled her successors as a world power.<\/p>\n At the: Isa 19:22, Jer 46:26 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Eze 30:23 – General<\/p>\n Eze 29:13. The desolation brought upon Egypt, like the captivity upon the Jews, was for the purpose of chastisement and not intended to be permanent. Thus the prediction is made of its restoration to national and industrial life after a time.<\/p>\n At the end of 40 years, the Lord promised to gather the Egyptians back to their original land, the land of Pathros, Upper (southern) Egypt, from the countries where they had fled (cf. Isa 11:11). There the Egyptians would become a lowly kingdom in contrast to the great kingdom that they had been in former centuries (cf. Dan 11:36-45). Forty years after Egypt fell to the Babylonians, the Persians, who had by that time defeated the Babylonians, allowed the Egyptians to return to their homeland. This was the foreign policy of the Persians under which the Israelites were also able to return to their land. No extrabiblical evidence has yet come to light to substantiate this forty-year captivity of Egypt, but that is not unusual since it was rare for ancient Near Eastern rulers to admit defeats much less document them for future generations. Chisholm suggested that the prophecy may not have been fulfilled as prophesied here because the Egyptians repented. [Note: Chisholm, Handbook on . . ., pp. 272-73.] <\/span> We have no evidence of such repentance, but it could have happened.<\/p>\n Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered: 13. After forty years of desolation Egypt shall be restored, though only to the rank of a humble kingdom. 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