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Babylon and Israel are removed from their homeland. Babylon Jer 50:3 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. Israel Ezek 6:9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me. In these two scenarios both Israel and Babylon experience the same identical fate. They have their populations removed from their homeland and are off to captivity, in Israel’s case because of being unfaithful to God. However since Babylon is accused of both ‘sin’ and ‘pride’ against God they too are in trouble for the exact same reason. Once again, an identical situation.
No one passes through Babylon or Israel Babylon Jer 50:13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate. v 39 it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. Israel Ezek 33:28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. An unusual situation. Once a country has been defeated it is usually taken over by the victors. This does not happen to either Babylon or Israel. Once again an identical situation.
Babylon and Israel both fear as a woman in travail Babylon Jer 50:43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.