Jeremiah 50:39

Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there ,.... Of these creatures See Gill on Isaiah 13:21 ; and See Gill on Isaiah 13:22 ;

and the owls shall dwell therein ; so mystical Babylon when fallen shall become the habitation of devils, the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird, Revelation 18:2 ;

and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation ; interpreters observe that this was gradually accomplished: it was taken by Cyrus, and made tributary to the Persians; the seat of the empire was removed from it; its walls were demolished by Darius; it was drained both of its inhabitants and its riches through Seleucus Nicator building the city Seleucia F18 Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 26. near it. In Adrian's time there was nothing but an old wall left; and in Jerom's time it was a park for the king of Persia to hunt in; See Gill on Jeremiah 50:13 ; and See Gill on Isaiah 13:20 ;