Ezekiel 5:4

Yet of those preserved some shall be cast into the fire and consumed.

thereof shall a fire therefrom, i.e. from that remnant which is subjected to new consumption in the fire. The "fire" that goes out from this remnant must be destructive, not purifying, as in Ezekiel 19:4 (cf. Judges 9:15; Ezekiel 15:5; Ezekiel 30:9; Ezekiel 39:6), but the meaning is not quite clear. It is the prophet's belief that those left in the city after the captivity of Jehoiachin were more debased and wicked than those already carried away (ch. Ezekiel 9:9; Ezekiel 11:15). When the city is destroyed and its inhabitants come as captives among the former exiles, these when they see their wickedness will be comforted over the fall of Jerusalem, acknowledging that it was inevitable (ch. Ezekiel 14:22). Further Jehovah expresses his determination that he shallyet subdue Israel unto him and rule over them, though this implies purging out from among them the rebels, as of old in the wilderness of the Exodus (ch. Ezekiel 20:33-38). And the prophet feels himself a watchman (ch. Ezekiel 3:17); an approaching judgment looms before him, which all the people, each one for himself, will have to pass through. And the idea may be that the judgment, beginning with the inhabitants of Jerusalem, shall spread from them over the whole house of Israel.