The history of Egypt dates back farther than that of any other nation of Africa. The original migration south from the cold Armenian plateaus to the warm Egyptian plains must have been rapid for the children of Ham. But, alas! along with colonization came the worship of demons. Egypt is a heathen land. Unless God is the Object, to better one’s circumstances carries with it the moral sting of the scorpion and venom of the asp.
Though Egypt was among the early nations, she did not rise to the height of some of the others; her pride brought her low.
Egypt said, “My river (Nile) is mine own, and I have made it for myself.”
“But I will put hooks in thy jaws... and I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness... and all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel... And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return... into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom” (Ezek. 29:3-143Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. 4But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales. 5And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven. 6And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 7When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand. 8Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. 9And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the Lord: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it. 10Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. 11No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. 12And 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. 13Yet thus saith the Lord God; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered: 14And 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. (Ezekiel 29:3‑14)).
This history tells us why Egypt has never risen to the dignity of the position of a world power.