Albert Barnes Commentary Ezekiel 5:3-4

"And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. And of these again shalt thou take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; therefrom shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel." — Ezekiel 5:3-4 (ASV)

Of the third part, a few are still to be taken and kept in the fold of the garment (representing those still to remain in their native land), and yet, even of those few, some are to be cast into the fire. Such was the fate of those left behind after the destruction of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 40:0; Jeremiah 41:0). The whole prophecy is one of denunciation (Ezekiel 5:4).

Thereof - Or, from there, out of the midst of the fire. Omit “For.”