Jeremiah Chapter 51 verses 57 & 58

"And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake saith The King, whose name is The Lord of Hosts". This verse is a virtual repeat of verse 39, with one important exception - here, He refers to Himself as "THE KING". All who read this should take heed, for he is our true King, the only King any of us are meant to have and He will be the only king we will have forever. Leadership in the Body should be likened more to stewards, then kings. Really, we are all kings and priests, serving one another, not "lording it over one another as the gentiles do". Whenever God repeats himself in scripture, it's something very important to Him, somthing He's very passionate about. He repeats himself again in verse 58 - "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; the broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labor in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary. Remember, the second and final judgment of mankind will be by fire. The ultimate judgment for anyone found in Babylon will be the same Jesus bore on the Cross - the will be forsaken by the Father. Only unlike Jesus, for them it will be forever. This verse repeats 50:15 and 51:44 when it speaks of the broad walls of Babylon being "utterly broken". Her high gates being burned with fire speaks to me of the gates of Hell Jesus spoke of. The fact they are high speaks to me of Pride for Pride is the very gate through which all who enter Hell must pass through. Humility of mind and meekness of heart is the gate through which all who enter Heaven must pass. Jesus is the gate, the door into Heaven of whom we are told "let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant - He humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross, wherefore God (The Father) hath highly exalted him" (PH:2:5-9). These verses will also be said of all who enter Heaven to abide with him forever, for all who end up there will have "humbled themselves to death". They will have crucified "self", self will, self pleasure, exalting self over God, in essence setting self up as God, worshipping self, and when they do die to self, God will "Highly exalt them" forever by marrying them and putting them on his throne with him, at the right hand of the Father "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame and am set down with My Father in his throne" (Rev:3:21). The Father will always be above all but there will be no one else higher in his kingdom than his son and his bride. Yes, those who overcome Babylon, rather than be overcome by her, will rule and reign at his side forever, yet, the second half of this verse describes many "churched saints" today -
1) They are laboring in vain - "Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it" (Ps:127:1). See, the Lord is the only source of true humility we have. Unless we are co-laboring with him, we build in vain, in vanity, in pride, as well as in vain, meaning a useless effort. Many are laboring to build their own houses, not God's, yet trying to cosmetically make it look like their house is God's (Babel all over again).
2) Many are also as "folk in the fire". Everyone will be found in the fire, either the fire of the Holy Ghost that purifies us and prepares us to be with our Jesus forever, or the fire of Hell. Many in what we commonly call the Church are on fire of Hell as their tongues will testify tto. We will all have fire either destroy all that is unholy and impure in us or it will destroy all that is Godly out of us. Our God is an all-consuming FIRE "Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be REVEALED BY FIRE; and the fire shall try every man's work, of what sort it is. If any man's work abide, (souls he saved remain), which he hath built there upon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned he shall suffer loss, but he himself shall be saved YET SO BY FIRE" (1 Cor:3: 13-15).
3) Many, many today are weary. Weary of eating the fruit of, or bearing the fruit of, Babylon. This fruit satisfies not. They labor and labor with no results, no Glory, no Anointing, no Power, no Authority. Yet, if we come to Jesus, if we humble ourselves as he did, he promises to give us rest. There is no rest for the wicked but for those who come to Christ, great rest and "times of refreshing from the Presence of the Lord" (Acts:3:19). "He giveth power to the faint, and to them that have no might he increaseth strength" (Is:40:29).
Isaiah aptly describes the ways of those in Babylon - "Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: that say, let Him (God) make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come that we may know it! Woe unto them that call evil good and good evil; that put darkness for light light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet and sweet ofor bitter! WOE UNTO THEM THAT ARE WISE IN THEIR OWN EYES AND PRUDENT IN THEIR OWN SIGHT! Woe unto them that are mighty to drink (the) wine (of her fornication) and men of strength to mingle strong drink: which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! Therefore as the FIRE devoureth the stubble, and as the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rotteness and their blossom shall go up in dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel" (Is:5:18-24). IN sharp contrast, Psalm One describes the Godly as having "leaves that shall not wither" and "whatsoever he doeth shall prosper". If we are sustained by eating from the Tree of (Eternal) Life than whatsoever we do will prosper forever.
Isaiah also describes those God is raising up against Babylon. As she roared, she shall be roared against, as she wearied others, so shall she be wearied. As she bent the bow, so shall her bows be broken and other's bows bent against her. This is the army God is raising up against her - "None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: their roaring shall be like a (the) lion (of Juda), they shall roar like young lions: yea they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it" (Isaiah 5:27-30).