Jeremiah Chapter 51 verses two - four

"And I will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: For in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. Against him that bendeth, let the Archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men, destroy ye utterly all her host. Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans and they that are thrust through in her streets".
Babylon is reaping what she's sown. As she has bent the bow against God's people Israel, and in our day, the Church, for the Church sprang forth from the loins of Israel, so everything that happened to Israel, is happening or has happened to the Church also, (even as Levi paid tithes to Melchizedek in the loins of Abraham), even so is the Archer bending his bow against her.
"Lifting himself up in his brigandine" speaks of pride. When we "lift ourselves up" instead of falling before him, lowering ourselves, walking the path of humility, crying out for mercy, we end up hardened to his will and his ways. If we choose pride, it forms an armor around our hearts (brigandine means "a coat of armor"). This armor can become so hard that nothing of God can penetrate it. In fact, every one of us will either end up clothed in this armor of pride, this brigandine, or we will be clothed in the "full armor of God" (Eph:6:11).
I'm curious as to just who God is speaking to here, to whom is He commanding to execute these judgments against Babylon? Yes we see angels being sent in Revelation to pour out his judgments but could we, the people of God, both Jews and Christians be involved also? I believe angels work in synchronicity with God's people to effect his judgments. Could we be the dreadful army found in Joel chapter two? We must be pretty dreadful for Satan to flee from us, to become as a woman in travail at the mere rumor or us! Could we be "A great people and a strong", "Neither shall one thrust another, they shall walk everyone in his path" (Joel 2:2&8)? This is what we're arriving at, a day when everyone knows their anointing from God and walks in it and stays on the path God has set them on, they stick to the ministry God has called them to faithfully, and they don't thrust each other, they don't take their sword (the tongue) and use it to wound a fellow soldier in the army of God. No more will saints be wounded from "friendly fire". Saints, the kingdom of God is within us and in his kingdom, the lion and the lamb lay together in perfect harmony. Christ is both the meek and gentle lamb, the suffering servant and he is the Lion of the tribe of Juda, riding a great white horse with a sword at his side, who can stand the day of his coming?
As Christ is, so are we, we are each meant to be lambs and lions; Lambs toward one another and to the hurting, dead world around us but lions towards Satan and his company of traitorous angels, now known as demons. "Let the Saints be joyful in glory. Let them sing aloud upon their beds. Let the High Praises of God be in their mouth and a two-edged sword in their hand; to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishment upon the people; to bind their kings (demonic forces of every shape and size) with chains and their nobles (workers of witchcraft, sorcery, etc.) with fetters of iron; to execute the judgment written (in Jeremiah 50 & 51 and elsewhere): THIS HONOR HAVE ALL HIS SAINTS. PRAISE YE THE LORD" (Psalm 149:5-9).
Traditional churched christians today are typically not taught how to be lions but only lambs. They are making the same mistake at his second coming that Israel made at his first. Israel was looking for their Messiah, their Christ, their saviour to arrive on a great white horse, as a mighty conqueror that would overthrow Roman rule and deliver Israel from bondage to man physically. Instead he arrived on a donkey, meek and humble, saying to Peter "Put away your sword" (John 18:11), like Moses should have done, quit striving to deliver through your own strength and ability, quit believing God needs you to deliver him and start knowing you need him to deliver you. Jesus then, set us all free from bondage to man, to flesh, spiritually. Today, many in churches are looking for Jesus as a gentle lamb, when he is going to return on a great white horse, "and he that sat on him had a bow and a crown was given him and he went forth conquering and to conquer" (Rev:6:2), delivering us in the physical realm from evil. The first time he cleansed the spirit realm from evil, the second time he will cleanse the earth itself from all evil. We are being made into his image and likeness therefore we are also commissioned to "go forth conquering and to conquer", darkness with light, just as he did and will do.