This is how the Bible describes the fall of the nation of Babylon (Is 47:7-11):
I was angry with My people [Israel];
I profaned My possession,
and I placed them under your control [Babylon].
You showed them no mercy;
you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.
You said, ‘I will be the mistress forever.’
You did not take these things to heart
or think about their outcome.
“So now hear this, lover of luxury,
who sits securely,
who says to herself,
‘I exist, and there is no one else.
I will never be a widow
or know the loss of children.’
These two things will happen to you
suddenly, in one day:
loss of children and widowhood.
They will happen to you in their entirety,
in spite of your many sorceries
and the potency of your spells.
You were secure in your wickedness;
you said, ‘No one sees me.’
Your wisdom and knowledge
led you astray.
You said to yourself,
‘I exist, and there is no one else.’
But disaster will happen to you;
you will not know how to avert it.
And it will fall on you,
but you will be unable to ward it off.
Devastation will happen to you suddenly
and unexpectedly.
