Isa. 13:19-22
“[Babylon] was the greatest city in all the world… . Yet Isaiah announced that that city would be destroyed; he said that it would never be rebuilt, that it would never be inhabited from generation to generation, that it would become the abode of reptiles and wild animals and that the Arabs would no more pitch their tents there. That was a declaration that the greatest city in the world would not only be destroyed, but it would also never be rebuilt.” (LeGrand Richards, Conference Report, Apr. 1954, p. 54)