‘Yet, thus says the Lord God: “At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered.
Parallel translations
- WEB For thus says the Lord Yahweh: “At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were scattered;
- KJV Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:
- BSB For this is what the Lord GOD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations to which they were scattered.
- NASB ‘For this is what the Lord God says: “At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered.
- NLT “But this is what the Sovereign Lord also says: At the end of the forty years I will bring the Egyptians home again from the nations to which they have been scattered.
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Quick answer
After forty years God will gather the scattered Egyptians back together. Even in judging the nations, God shows a measure of mercy.
Overview
The Lord promises to regather the dispersed Egyptians at the appointed time. This restoration, though to a diminished state, reveals that God's judgments are purposeful rather than merely destructive. It testifies to a God whose dealings with all peoples leave room for restoration.
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Cross-references · 2
- Jer 46:26I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants. Afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old,” says Yahweh.
- Isa 19:22Yahweh will strike Egypt, striking and healing. They will return to Yahweh, and he will be entreated by them, and will heal them.
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