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It will be completely uninhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/29.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />No foot of man shall pass through it, and no foot of beast shall pass through it; it shall be uninhabited forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />No foot of man or beast will pass through, and it will be uninhabited for forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/29.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/29.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Neither foot of man shall pass through it nor foot of beast pass through it, and it shall be uninhabited forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />A human foot will not pass through it, nor will the foot of an animal pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/29.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220A man&#8217s foot will not pass through it, and the foot of a beast will not pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“A man’s foot will not pass through it, and the foot of a beast will not pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />A man’s foot will not pass through it, and the foot of a beast will not pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />No man’s foot will pass through it, no animal’s foot will pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />No human foot will pass through it, and no animal foot will pass through it. It will be uninhabited for forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />No human foot will pass through it, and no animal foot will pass through it. It will be uninhabited for 40 years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/29.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />No human or animal will even dare travel through Egypt, because no sign of life will be found there for 40 years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/29.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />No human or animal will walk through it, and no one will live there for 40 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/29.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />No human being or animal will walk through it. For forty years nothing will live there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/29.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Neither man nor beast will walk through that area. It won't even be inhabited for 40 years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/29.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />No human foot will pass through it, and no animal's foot will pass through it; it will be uninhabited for forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of animal shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />No foot of man or beast will pass through, and it will be uninhabited for forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/29.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />No foot of man will pass through it, nor will any animal foot pass through it. It won’t be inhabited for forty years. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />A foot of man does not pass over into it, "" Indeed, the foot of beast does not pass into it, "" Nor is it inhabited forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Not pass over into it doth a foot of man, Yea, the foot of beast doth not pass into it, Nor is it inhabited forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The foot of man shall not pass through it, and the foot of cattle shall not pass through it, and it shall not be inhabited forty years.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The foot of man shall not pass through it, neither shall the foot of beasts go through it: nor shall it be inhabited during forty years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The foot of man will not pass through it, and the foot of cattle will not walk in it. And it will be uninhabited for forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/29.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />No foot shall pass through it, no human being or beast cross it; it will remain uninhabited for forty years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />No human foot shall pass through it, and no animal foot shall pass through it; it shall be uninhabited forty years.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />No foot of man shall pass through it, neither foot of beast, nor shall it be inhabited forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />A foot of a son of man shall not cross in it, neither a hoof of cattle, and you shall not inhabit it for forty years<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />No foot of man shall pass through it, and no foot of beast shall pass through it, and it shall not be inhabited for forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/29-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=8435" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/29.htm">The Desolation of Egypt</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>therefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as far as the border of Cush. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">No</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: re·ḡel (N-fsc) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">foot</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: ’ā·ḏām (N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">of man</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: bə·hê·māh (N-fs) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">beast</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ṯa·‘ă·ḇār- (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">will pass</a> <a href="/hebrew/bāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">through,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: wə·re·ḡel (Conj-w:: N-fsc) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ṯa·‘ă·ḇār- (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover."></a> <a href="/hebrew/bāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: ṯê·šêḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">it will be uninhabited</a> <a href="/hebrew/705.htm" title="705: ’ar·bā·‘îm (Number-cp) -- Forty. Multiple of arba'; forty.">for forty</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and her cities will lie desolate for forty years among the ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-5.htm">Isaiah 19:5-10</a></span><br />The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty. / The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither. / The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/46-19.htm">Jeremiah 46:19</a></span><br />Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-15.htm">Isaiah 11:15</a></span><br />The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/10-11.htm">Zechariah 10:11</a></span><br />They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-1.htm">Isaiah 19:1-4</a></span><br />This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them. / “So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. / Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-25.htm">Isaiah 37:25</a></span><br />I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-16.htm">Isaiah 19:16-17</a></span><br />In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them. / The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-23.htm">Isaiah 19:23</a></span><br />In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-6.htm">Isaiah 19:6</a></span><br />The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-8.htm">Isaiah 19:8</a></span><br />Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-12.htm">Revelation 16:12</a></span><br />And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-15.htm">Isaiah 19:15</a></span><br />There is nothing Egypt can do—head or tail, palm or reed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-11.htm">Isaiah 19:11-13</a></span><br />The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”? / Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt. / The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-18.htm">Isaiah 19:18</a></span><br />In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-22.htm">Isaiah 19:22</a></span><br />And the LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; He will strike them but heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.</p><p class="hdg">foot of man</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/20-10.htm">Ezekiel 20:10-13</a></b></br> Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/31-12.htm">Ezekiel 31:12</a></b></br> And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/32-13.htm">Ezekiel 32:13</a></b></br> I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.</p><p class="hdg">forty</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/36-21.htm">2 Chronicles 36:21</a></b></br> To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: <i>for</i> as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/23-15.htm">Isaiah 23:15,17</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-11.htm">Jeremiah 25:11,12</a></b></br> And this whole land shall be a desolation, <i>and</i> an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/29-8.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-8.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-6.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-6.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-20.htm">Inhabited</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-6.htm">Live</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-6.htm">Uninhabited</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-10.htm">Unpeopled</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/36-11.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-5.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-13.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-12.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-13.htm">Inhabited</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-15.htm">Live</a> <a href="/matthew/14-13.htm">Uninhabited</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-7.htm">Unpeopled</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 29</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-1.htm">The judgment of Pharaoh for his treachery to Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-8.htm">The desolation of Egypt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-13.htm">The restoration thereof after forty years</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-17.htm">Egypt the reward of Nebuchadnezzar</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-21.htm">Israel shall be restored</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical context, such desolation is often a sign of divine wrath and punishment. The imagery of no human or animal presence underscores the totality of the devastation. This can be compared to other instances in Scripture where God pronounces judgment leading to desolation, such as in <a href="/isaiah/34-10.htm">Isaiah 34:10</a>, where Edom is described as a place where no one will pass through forever and ever. The absence of both man and beast highlights the thoroughness of the destruction, leaving the land barren and lifeless.<p><b>and it will be uninhabited for forty years</b><br>The specific mention of "forty years" is significant, as the number forty often symbolizes a period of testing, trial, or judgment in the Bible. For example, the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for forty years (<a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33-34</a>), and Jesus fasted for forty days and nights in the wilderness (<a href="/matthew/4-2.htm">Matthew 4:2</a>). This period of forty years for Egypt's desolation serves as a time of divine judgment and purification. Historically, this prophecy against Egypt was fulfilled when Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded and conquered Egypt, leading to a period of decline and desolation. Theologically, this period can be seen as a time for Egypt to reflect on its pride and idolatry, similar to how other nations and individuals in the Bible are given time to repent and turn back to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He is the author of the book and delivers God's messages of judgment and restoration.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>A powerful nation in the ancient Near East, often seen as a symbol of worldly power and idolatry. In this context, Egypt is the subject of God's judgment.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt, representing the nation's pride and reliance on its own strength rather than on God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The period when the Israelites were taken captive by Babylon. This context is crucial for understanding the prophecies of Ezekiel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/f/forty_years.htm">Forty Years</a></b><br>A significant period in biblical terms, often associated with testing, judgment, and renewal (e.g., Israel's 40 years in the wilderness).<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>God is in control of all nations and their destinies. No power, no matter how great, can stand against His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_pride.htm">The Consequences of Pride</a></b><br>Egypt's downfall serves as a warning against pride and self-reliance. Nations and individuals must recognize their dependence on God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_purpose_of_judgment.htm">The Purpose of Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgments are not arbitrary; they serve to correct, purify, and ultimately lead people back to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_forty_years.htm">The Significance of Forty Years</a></b><br>This period symbolizes a complete cycle of judgment and renewal. It invites reflection on personal and communal times of testing and growth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_judgment.htm">Hope Beyond Judgment</a></b><br>Even in judgment, there is hope for restoration. God's ultimate plan is to bring redemption and renewal.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 29</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_ezekiel_29's_egypt_timeline_inconsistent.htm">In light of previous judgments on other nations, why does Ezekiel 29’s specific timeline for Egypt seem inconsistent with events recorded elsewhere in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_findings_contradict_ezekiel_29_10-11.htm">Ezekiel 29:10-11 claims the land will become uninhabited; do archaeological findings contradict this prediction of total desolation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_record_of_egypt's_40-year_desolation.htm">In Ezekiel 29:9-12, the prophecy states that Egypt will be desolate for 40 years; why is there no clear historical record of such a period?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_'creeping_things'_in_the_temple.htm">In Ezekiel 8:10, why would the temple contain images of 'creeping things' if this contradicts the temple's strict laws against idolatry?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/29.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">Neither shall it be inhabited forty years.</span>--In <a href="/context/ezekiel/29-9.htm" title="And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he has said, The river is mine, and I have made it.">Ezekiel 29:9-12</a> a state of desolation is predicted for Egypt, which, if understood in the literal sense of the words, has certainly never been fulfilled. In <a href="/ezekiel/29-9.htm" title="And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he has said, The river is mine, and I have made it.">Ezekiel 29:9</a> it is said that it "shall be desolate and waste," and this is repeated with emphasis in <a href="/ezekiel/29-10.htm" title="Behold, therefore I am against you, and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even to the border of Ethiopia.">Ezekiel 29:10</a>; while in <a href="/ezekiel/29-11.htm" title="No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.">Ezekiel 29:11</a> it is declared that neither foot of man nor foot of beast shall pass through it. There is also a difficulty in regard to the time of "forty years," mentioned in <a href="/context/ezekiel/29-11.htm" title="No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.">Ezekiel 29:11-13</a>. No such definite period can be made out from history. The two difficulties <span class= "ital">go</span> together, and the former is explained by the latter. It has already been seen in <a href="/ezekiel/4-6.htm" title="And when you have accomplished them, lie again on your right side, and you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed you each day for a year.">Ezekiel 4:6</a> that the prophet represents the calamity of Judah in the historic terms of their former suffering in the wilderness, without thereby intending either any specific time or any precise repetition of the same troubles they had then experienced. He does the same thing here in regard to Egypt. The people are to pass into a condition like that of the Israelites in the wilderness, in which they were to endure the judgment of God upon their sins. This is expressed, after the manner of Ezekiel, in strong concrete terms, the literal fulfilment of which was neither intended nor expected. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Neither shall it be inhabited forty years</span>. It need hardly be said that history reveals no such period of devastation. Nor, indeed, would anything but the most prosaic literalism justify us in looking for it. We are dealing with the language of a poet-prophet, which is naturally that of hyperbole, and so the "forty years" stand, as, perhaps, elsewhere (<a href="/judges/3-11.htm">Judges 3:11</a>; <a href="/judges/5-31.htm">Judges 5:31</a>, etc.), for a period of undefined duration, and the picture of a land on which no man or beast sets foot for that of a time of desolation, and consequent cessation of all the customary traffic along the Nile. Such a period, there is reason to believe, did follow on the conquests of Nebuchadnezzar. It is implied in Vers. 17-21, which carry us to a date seventeen years later than that of the verse with which we are now dealing; and also in <a href="/jeremiah/43-10.htm">Jeremiah 43:10-12</a>. Josephus ('Contra Apion,' 1:20) speaks of Nebuchadnezzar as having invaded Libya. The reign of Amasis, which followed on the deposition of Hophra, was one of general prosperity as regards commerce and culture, but Egypt ceased to be one of the great world-powers after the time of Nebuchadnezzar and fell easily into the hands of the Persians under Cambyses. It is noticeable that Ezekiel does not, like Isaiah (Isaiah 19:18-25), connect the future of Egypt with any Messianic expectations. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/29-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">No</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֤א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">foot</span><br /><span class="heb">רֶ֣גֶל</span> <span class="translit">(re·ḡel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foot, a step, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of man</span><br /><span class="heb">אָדָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruddy, a human being</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[or]</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">beast</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּהֵמָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(bə·hê·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> </span><span class="str2">A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will pass</span><br /><span class="heb">תַעֲבָר־</span> <span class="translit">(ṯa·‘ă·ḇār-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">through,</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּהּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(bāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it will be uninhabited</span><br /><span class="heb">תֵשֵׁ֖ב</span> <span class="translit">(ṯê·šêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for forty</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְבָּעִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·bā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_705.htm">Strong's 705: </a> </span><span class="str2">Forty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years.</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁנָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(šā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/29-11.htm">Ezekiel 29:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/29-11.htm">Ezekiel 29:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/29-11.htm">Ezekiel 29:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/29-11.htm">Ezekiel 29:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/29-11.htm">Ezekiel 29:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/29-11.htm">Ezekiel 29:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/29-11.htm">Ezekiel 29:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/29-11.htm">Ezekiel 29:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/29-11.htm">Ezekiel 29:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/29-11.htm">Ezekiel 29:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/29-11.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 29:11 No foot of man shall pass through (Ezek. 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