The Babylonians didn’t get away with it, God used them for the direct enslavement of the Jewish people for 70 years as was foretold. The Babylonians after Nebuchadnezzar had their kingdom divided between the Medes and Persians.
And as for the Romans, they ended up divided in two parts with the western part sort of dissolving away into dark ages and then medieval Europe while the Eastern part stood until the last vestiges were subsumed by the Seljuk Turks in 1492.
Hmmm...good point with the Babylonians, but you’re drawing a long bow with the Romans. If their fate is what happens when god punishes you, then more empires would do well to occupy Israel - their longevity was admirable.
On a similar note, the Egyptians marched through and took tribute from Canaan occasionally, and their longevity is equally impressive. The consistent rule here seems to be that you may well endure longer than the average political grouping.
by that token of course, must we assume that the British empuire collapsed because they occupied Jerusalem?