EZEKIEL 18:23 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?”
God explicitly denies taking pleasure in the death of the wicked, asking rhetorically whether His concern is not rather that the wicked turn from their ways and live. The divine emotional stance toward human death contrasts sharply with the exilic assumption of inevitable punishment; God desires life for His people and welcomes genuine repentance. This affirmation of God's life-affirming posture toward creation establishes repentance as always welcome.
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