Forty years— After the total defeat of Apries by the Cyreneans, in which so many Egyptians fell that the whole nation was enraged against their king, a civil war with Amasis followed, a conquest of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar, and another conquest of it by Cyrus. We learn from this passage during what period of years Egypt was desolated, and in a manner deserted.
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Ezekiel 29:11
11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.