Reference

Ezekiel 32:15

When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the Lord.
13

I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.

14

Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God.

15

When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the Lord.

16

This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord God.

17

It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

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This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

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Literal Fulfillment

The "desolate" and "destitute" language could be interpreted metaphorically to describe a spiritual or political decline rather than a physical destruction of the land and its inhabitants.