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THE MESSAGE
Ezekiel 18:32
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For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “So repent and live!
For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord GOD: therefore turn yourselves, and live.
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God : wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God ; so turn, and live."
"For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies," declares the Lord GOD. "Therefore, repent and live!"
I do not want anyone to die, says the Lord God , so change your hearts and lives so you may live.
"For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies," says the Lord GOD. "Therefore, repent and live!"
For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord Yahweh: therefore turn yourselves, and live.
For I desire not the death of him that dyeth, sayth the Lord God: cause therefore one another to returne, and liue ye.
"For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies," declares the Lord GOD. "Therefore, repent and live."
For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies," declares Lord Yahweh. "Therefore, turn back and live."
For I take no pleasure in anyone's death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!
I, the Lord God, don't want to see that happen to anyone. So stop sinning and live!
I take no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies," says Adonai Elohim , "so turn yourselves around, and live!
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah; therefore turn ye and live.
I don't want to kill you! Please come back and live!" This is what the Lord God said.
For I have no pleasure in the death of any one who dies, says the LORD God; wherefore repent and live.
I do not want anyone to die," says the Sovereign Lord . "Turn away from your sins and live."
For I have no pleasure in the death of the dying," declares the Lord Yahweh. "And so repent and live!"
For I do not have delight in the death of him who dies, declares the Lord Jehovah. So turn and live.
seynge I haue no pleasure in ye death of him that dyeth, saieth the LORDE God. Turne you then, and ye shal lyue.
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves, and live.
For I have no pleasure in the death of him on whom death comes, says the Lord: be turned back then, and have life.
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD; wherefore turn yourselves, and live.
For I haue no pleasure in ye death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turne your selues, & liue ye.
Seing I haue no pleasure in the death of hym that dyeth, saith the Lord God: bryng agayne your selues then, and ye shall lyue.
For I desire not the death of him that dies, saith the Lord.
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live.
For Y nyle the deeth of hym that dieth, seith the Lord God; turne ye ayen, and lyue ye.
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dies, says the Lord Yahweh: So turn yourselves, and live.
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn [ye], and live.
For I take no delight in the death of anyone, declares the sovereign Lord . Repent and live!
For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies," says the Lord GOD. "Therefore turn and live!"
I don't want you to die, says the Sovereign Lord . Turn back and live!
For I am not pleased with the death of anyone who dies," says the Lord God. "So be sorry for your sins and turn away from them, and live."
For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, says the Lord God . Turn, then, and live.
For I cannot take delight in the death of him that dieth, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Make good your return then and, live!
For I desire not the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God, return ye and live.
For I have no pleasure in the death of any one, says the Lord GOD; so turn, and live."
For I have no pleasure in the death of the dying, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And turn ye back and live!
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I have: Ezekiel 18:23, Lamentations 3:33, 2 Peter 3:9
yourselves: or, others, Ezekiel 18:30
Reciprocal: Genesis 2:17 - surely Jeremiah 44:8 - that ye might cut Ezekiel 18:13 - shall he Ezekiel 33:11 - I have Luke 15:10 - there Luke 19:42 - If John 3:10 - and knowest Romans 11:11 - Have they stumbled Romans 13:12 - cast 2 Corinthians 5:20 - as 1 Timothy 2:4 - will 1 Peter 2:1 - laying
Cross-References
Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. He said, "Hurry. Get three cups of our best flour; knead it and make bread."
Then Abraham ran to the cattle pen and picked out a nice plump calf and gave it to the servant who lost no time getting it ready. Then he got curds and milk, brought them with the calf that had been roasted, set the meal before the men, and stood there under the tree while they ate.
The men said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" He said, "In the tent."
One of them said, "I'm coming back about this time next year. When I arrive, your wife Sarah will have a son." Sarah was listening at the tent opening, just behind the man.
Abraham and Sarah were old by this time, very old. Sarah was far past the age for having babies. Sarah laughed within herself, "An old woman like me? Get pregnant? With this old man of a husband?"
God said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh saying, ‘Me? Have a baby? An old woman like me?' Is anything too hard for God ? I'll be back about this time next year and Sarah will have a baby."
Sarah lied. She said, "I didn't laugh," because she was afraid. But he said, "Yes you did; you laughed."
When the men got up to leave, they set off for Sodom. Abraham walked with them to say good-bye.
Then God said, "Shall I keep back from Abraham what I'm about to do? Abraham is going to become a large and strong nation; all the nations of the world are going to find themselves blessed through him. Yes, I've settled on him as the one to train his children and future family to observe God 's way of life, live kindly and generously and fairly, so that God can complete in Abraham what he promised him."
God continued, "The cries of the victims in Sodom and Gomorrah are deafening; the sin of those cities is immense. I'm going down to see for myself, see if what they're doing is as bad as it sounds. Then I'll know."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth,.... Which is not to be interpreted simply and absolutely, and with respect to all persons afflicted and punished by him; for he does take delight in the exercise of "judgment" and "righteousness", and "laughs" at the "calamity" of wicked men, Jeremiah 9:24; but comparatively, as in Hosea 5:6. The sense is, that he takes no pleasure in the afflictions, calamities, and captivity of men, which are meant by death here; but rather that they would repent and reform, and live in their own land, and enjoy the good things of it; which shows the mercy and compassion of God to sinners:
wherefore, he renews his exhortation,
turn [yourselves], and live ye; or, "ye shall live" r; I take no delight in your present deaths, your captivity; it would be more agreeable to me would you turn from your evil ways to the Lord your God, and behave according to the laws I have given you to walk by, and so live in your own land, in the quiet possession of your goods and estates.
r ×××× "et vivetis", Pagninus, Montanus.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 18:32. For I have no pleasure — God repeats what he had so solemnly declared before. Can ye doubt his sincerity? his ability? his willingness? the efficacy of the blood of his covenant?
Wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye. — Reader, now give God thy heart.
Though every man comes into the world with a fallen nature - a soul infected with sin, yet no man is damned on that account. He who refuses that grace which pardons sin and heals infected nature, who permits the evil principle to break out into transgression, and continues and dies in his iniquity and sin, and will not come unto Christ that he may have life; he, and he only, goes to perdition. Nor will the righteousness of a parent or relation help his sinful soul: no man can have more grace than is necessary to save himself; and none can have that, who does not receive it through Christ Jesus. It is the mercy of God in Christ which renders the salvation of a sinner possible; and it is that mercy alone which can heal the backslider. The atoning blood blots out all that is past; the same blood cleanses from all unrighteousness. Who believes so as to apply for this redemption? Who properly thanks God for having provided such a Saviour?
