13. “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: At the end of forty years I will gather Egypt from the peoples where they were scattered.
14. I will restore the fortunes of Egypt, and will bring them back to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin; there they will be an insignificant kingdom.
15. It will be the most insignificant of the kingdoms; it will never again exalt itself over the nations. I will make them so small that they will not rule over the nations.
16. It will never again be Israel’s source of confidence, but a reminder of how they sinned by turning to Egypt for help. Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.’”
17. In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: