Midrash su Isaia 64:9

The enemy ends their ruins forever (Psalm 9:6): The enemies end, but their ruins continue forever. For instance, Constantine built Constantinople, Philippus built Philippi, Antiochus built Antioch, Alexader built Alexandria, Seleucus built Seleucia. They ended, but their ruins continue. And You, in a sense, destroyed their cities. Zion and Jerusalem Your Holy City have become as a desert wilderness. (See Isaiah 64:9) Their monikers, they are lost. But the LORD forever abides. Another interpretation of The enemy ends their ruins — like Caesaria and Rome. and their cities You destroyed "if Edom says, We are crushed..." (Malachi 1:4) etc. Philippos asked Rabbi Elasa: "How could the prophet say if Edom says, We are crushed, they may rebuilt but I will destroy (ibid.), when look, all the cities we built persist!" He said to him, "No, the point of the verse isn't against the buildings but rather against the foresight. For whether you sit and plan in your hearts to build up against us to destroy us, he will destroy your foresight." He said to him "By your life! Thus we sit every year to destroy you, and one would fall and come and be annuled for us!"