Egypt

Ch.32: A lamentation for Egypt: her heaven darkened; her sun obscured. She shall make her grave with the mighty who had gone before. These prophecies have been fulfilled: overall, and in remarkable detail. This exact time, under Nebuchadnezzar, was the turning point for Egypt. She plunged down, never to rise. None of her ancient great cities remain: the present large cities have all been built by foreigners. Papyrus, which supplied the world's paper for over 3000 years, down to the 10th century AD, and was Egypt's chief article of commerce, no longer even exists there. For centuries it was world renowned for the exquisite fineness of its linen. Samples have been found of finer weave than anything produced today. All that vanished under God's judgments, tho some of it took many centuries. But, like Israel, there was to be a latter-day restoration. Tho still a very weak & inconsequential country, dependent on foreign help, as the prophecy requires, Egypt has, within our own times —the 'Latter Days'— like Israel achieved independence for the first time in 2000 yrs.
1978 berean p 370