Albert Barnes Commentary Ezekiel 15:7

"And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I set my face against them." — Ezekiel 15:7 (ASV)

They shall go out ... — Rather, they have gone forth from the fire, and the fire shall devour them. The condition of the people is here depicted. The people of Israel — as a whole and as separate kingdoms — had become worthless. The branch torn from the living stem had truly been cast into the fire, which had devoured both ends of it; what remained was a brand plucked from the burning. Those who had escaped the general calamity were reserved for a like fate. .