Jeremiah Chapter 51 verse thirteen

"O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come and the measure of thy covetuousness". This verse is a companion verse to Revelation 17:5 (many waters) and Revelation 18:12-14 (abundant in earthly treasures). Lusting for and becoming obsessed with earthly wealth, lust of the eye and lust of the flesh, for material things are a sure sign of being in Babylon. This is why the "prosperity teachings" are so dangerous with their fixation on earthly treasure. Jesus taught us to take no thought for earthly treasure, not even what we will eat or wear yet many in the churches are taught to be consumed with thoughts of these things. It is Babylon who is consumed with the pursuit of earthly treasure. Read Revelation chapter eighteen again. True treasure is stored up above, in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust can corrupt them.
See, this verse ties in "treasures" with "covetuousness". Satan's entire kingdom on earth is founded on this, love of money. All this results when self is exalted instead of Christ. Father frees us from all of this when we come to him. If we don't accept this freedom at first, we often return to him as prodigal sons, realizing the true worth of worldly wealth and where we end up when we pursue it. When our hearts belong to him we can do crazy things like sell our land and homes and give the money away, knowing he is watching it all and we will be well rewarded. "There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my sake and the gospel's, but he shall recieve an hundredfold NOW IN THIS TIME, with persecutions" (Mk:10:29&30). There it is again, persecutions. Don't trust a gospel preached to you that does not include suffering. In this verse, the leaving we do can often be because we've been kicked out of fellowship with brethren, sisters, father or mother, etc. because of the gospel. All true saints will gain through suffering but those who's hearts are set on the ways of Babylon, lusting and coveting things, like the man who stole the gold, silver and Babylonian garment, will suffer through their gain. Wordly wealth brings sorrow unless it is given to us by our God, which is always then done to serve his purposes. Only he can "make rich and add no sorrow with it" (Pr:10:22). Every thing about God's kingdom and Satan's are in direct opposition with each other. Satan turns truth into a lie and seeks to present his lies as the truth. In John 10:33, the Jews answered him saying "For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; because thou, being a man, makest thyself God". They, looking upon God, accused him of being only a man, while at the same time Satan tells them, being only men, "Ye shall be as gods". So we see Satan desires to put man on God's throne as God, while at the smae time denying God his own divinity, making him only a man. Jesus did become a man so we could become as God, but we are as God only when we spring forth from him, the only true God. We are "gods" when we are his offspring alone. They accused Jesus of "Making himself God" for this is what their father, Satan did, he made himself God and this is what his offspring do, they, by eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, make themselves gods. They accused him of doing the very same thing they were doing and this points out a common denominator among religious christians, they can never see themselves in the same light they judge others in. In fact, quite often we have come across those who judge others with the same spirit they are walking in themselves. They accuse others of committing the same sins they are committing. When confronted with this truth, they have a choice of softening their hearts and repenting or hardening their hearts and lashing out at whoever exposes them. As christians, we are not "born of the flesh, nor of the will of man but of God" (Jn:1). Still, God provides anointed men and women, tried and tested, to provide covering for his precious people, so they have mature examples to follow on their journey to becoming more and more Christ like. They are to encourage God's people that it is possible to grow in wisdom and stature before God and man, just like Jesus did.