11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
11 The foot of neither man nor beast will pass through it; no one will live there for forty years.
11 No foot of man shall pass through it, and no foot of beast shall pass through it; it shall be uninhabited forty years.
11 Not a human will be seen in it, nor will an animal move through it. It'll be just empty desert, empty for forty years.
11 Neither foot of man shall pass through it nor foot of beast pass through it, and it shall be uninhabited forty years.
11 For forty years not a soul will pass that way, neither people nor animals. It will be completely uninhabited.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 29:11
Commentary on Ezekiel 29:1-16
(Read Ezekiel 29:1-16)
Worldly, carnal minds pride themselves in their property, forgetting that whatever we have, we received it from God, and should use it for God. Why, then, do we boast? Self is the great idol which all the world worships, in contempt of God and his sovereignty. God can force men out of that in which they are most secure and easy. Such a one, and all that cleave to him, shall perish together. Thus end men's pride, presumption, and carnal security. The Lord is against those who do harm to his people, and still more against those who lead them into sin. Egypt shall be a kingdom again, but it shall be the basest of the kingdoms; it shall have little wealth and power. History shows the complete fulfilment of this prophecy. God, not only in justice, but in wisdom and goodness to us, breaks the creature-stays on which we lean, that they may be no more our confidence.