John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 35:9

"I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah." — Ezekiel 35:9 (ASV)

I will make you perpetual desolations, and your cities shall not return To their former dignity and glory; should not be built and inhabited again, but lie waste for ever: this agrees with what is prophesied of Edom, (Malachi 1:4) and will be true of Rome or Babylon when destroyed; it will never rise more, but be like a millstone in the midst of the sea, (Revelation 18:21) : and you shall know that I am the Lord; (See Gill on Ezekiel 35:4).