King James Version
Ezekiel 29:13 in the King James Version says “Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were sca...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:”
Ezekiel 29:13 · KJV
No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:
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. habitation: or, birth base: Heb. low
It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“from the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“whither they were scattered”
H6327to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
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