Jeremiah 52:27
And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land. And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
The king of Babylon smote Judah's leaders and captives to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and Judah was thus carried away captive out of its own land. In the destruction of Jerusalem the nation was widely dispersed and destroyed, and only a small remnant numbering a few thousand was taken to Babylon, including survivors from the royal family and priesthood. It marks the fall of Jerusalem and the severe suffering that came upon God's apostate people.
The exile to which it belongs includes Nebuchadnezzar's deportation of King Jehoiachin and other captives to Babylonia in 597 B.C., which provided the setting for Ezekiel's ministry among the exiles. It shows God destroying Jerusalem and carrying Judah out of its land only a few years after Jeremiah warned them. Jerusalem would not stand forever because the people would not listen and obey God about keeping His holy day by bearing no burdens on the Sabbath.
As part of the lesson of Jeremiah 52 concerning Babylon's unheeded warnings, doom, fall and judgment, the verse warns cities and people that forget God and defy Him through wickedness that judgment can come upon them. It belongs to the description of Babylon's judgment and the captivity of Judah as warnings about the consequences of wickedness and defiance of God. Cities that forget and defy God should heed the warning and learn to do right. The verse illustrates that the daughters of Babylon form a part of Babylon itself, just as the daughters of Jerusalem form a part of Jerusalem and the daughters of Rabbah form a part of Rabbah, showing that the great city Babylon embraces all corrupt Christianity including all the daughters of mystic Babylon.