And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
And will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation - the Thebaid, or Upper Egypt, which had been especially harassed by Nebuchadnezzar (Nahum 3:8; Nahum 3:10, "Populous No ... Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength ... yet she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets"). The oldest part of Egypt as to civilization and art. The Thebaid was anciently called 'Egypt' (Aristotle). Therefore, it is called the 'land of the Egyptians' birth' (margin, rightly for "habitation"). [The same Hebrew word, mªkuwraataam (H4351), is translated in Ezekiel 16:3, "Thy birth" - literally, 'digging]'. Many, however, read in both passages, 'thy habitation,' which is less suitable to the sense.
And they shall be there a base kingdom. Under Amasis it was made dependent on Babylon; humbled still more under Cambyses; and though somewhat raised under the Ptolemies, never has it regained its ancient preeminence.