Isaiah 13:20
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
Cross-reference
Isaiah 14:23 continues the same prophecy, describing Babylon becoming a possession of hedgehogs—uninhabited and desolate.
Isaiah 34:10 uses the same 'from generation to generation' language for Edom's permanent desolation, mirroring Babylon's fate here.
Isaiah 34:11 describes wild animals inhabiting ruins, exactly as Babylon's ruins are filled with desert creatures in 13:20-22.
Isaiah 34:17 says wild animals will possess the land forever, echoing the permanent animal habitation of Babylon in 13:20.
Jeremiah 50:3 prophesies a nation from the north making Babylon a desolation where none dwell, echoing Isaiah 13:20's 'never inhabited'.
Jeremiah 50:13 directly states Babylon shall not be inhabited but be wholly desolate, very similar to Isaiah 13:20's language.
Jeremiah 51:29 explicitly says Babylon will become 'a desolation without inhabitant,' matching Isaiah 13:20 exactly.
Jeremiah 51:43 describes Babylon's cities as 'a land where no one dwells,' directly paralleling the permanent desolation.
Jeremiah 51:62-64 prophesies Babylon will 'sink and not rise,' reinforcing the irreversible ruin of Isaiah 13:20.
Revelation 18:21-23 applies the same imagery of ceaseless desolation to the fall of 'Babylon,' echoing Isaiah's prophecy.
Jeremiah 49:33 pronounces permanent desolation on Hazor with 'no man shall dwell' — identical concept to Babylon's fate here.
Jeremiah 50:40 uses the same language of permanent desolation — 'no man shall dwell therein' — affirming Babylon's utter ruin.
Zephaniah 2:9 describes Moab and Ammon as a perpetual desolation, echoing the same irreversible emptiness of Isaiah 13:20.