According to Hebrew scholar Jerome (born in the fourth century C.E.), by his day Babylon was a hunting ground in which “beasts of every type ” roamed, and it remains desolate to this day.
م .‏ )‏ ،‏ عالِم عبرانی ،‏ در روزگار او بابل به شکارگاهی تبدیل شده بود که « انواع جانوران » در آن به سر می‌بردند و تا به امروز نیز ویرانه باقی مانده است .‏