Ezekiel 29:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered: Will I gather the Egyptians - 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 or fourth year of Cyrus, the term will be about forty years.