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.
Heebrea keele õpetlase Hieronymuse (sündis 4. sajandil m.a.j.) sõnul oli Babülon tema ajal jahipiirkond, kus luusisid ” igasugused metselajad ”, ja asustamata on ta siiani.