Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
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Gill's Exposition
Then take of them again,.... Of that small number preserved:
and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire: this was fulfilled in Gedaliah and the Jews that were with him, over…
Of the third part a few are yet 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.…
We have here the sign by which the utter destruction of Jerusalem is set forth; and here, as before, the prophet is himself the sign, that the people might see how much he affected himself with, and…
Cambridge Bible
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…
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