Ezekiel 18:32

For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
pleasure	אֶחְפֹּץ֙ 'ech.Potz	H2654	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
death	בְּמ֣וֹת be.Mot	H4194	death (natural or violent) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
dieth	הַמֵּ֔ת ha.Met	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
saith	נְאֻ֖ם ne.'Um	H5002	an oracle · noun, common masculine singular construct
Lord	אֲדֹנָ֣י 'a.do.Nai	H136	the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) · proper noun, a title
GOD	יְהוִ֑ה Yah.weh	H3069	YHWH · proper noun, a title
turn	וְהָשִׁ֖יבוּ ve.ha.Shi.vu	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
live	וִֽחְיֽוּ Vich.Yu	H2421	to live · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should peri…
Ezekiel 18:23 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?
Ezekiel 33:11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live:…
Lamentations 3:33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 18:30–end

We have here the conclusion and application of this whole matter. After a fair trial at the bar of right reason the verdict is brought in on God's side; it appears that his ways are equal. Judgment therefore is next to be given; and one would think it should be a judgment of condemnation, nothing short of Go, you cursed, into everlasting fire. But, behold, a miracle of mercy; the day of grace and divine patience is yet lengthened out; and therefore, though God will at last judge every one according to his ways, yet he waits to be gracious, and closes all with a call to repentance and a promise of pardon upon repentance. I. Here are four necessary duties that we are called to, all amounting t…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 18:32

(Lam 3:33; Pe2 3:9). God is "slow to anger"; punishment is "His strange work" (Isa 28:21). There is a tacit antithesis between this lamentation and that of the Jews for their own miseries, into the causes of which, however, they did not inquire. Next: Ezekiel Chapter 19

Adam Clarke on 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…

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John Gill on Ezekiel 18:32

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 li…

The Church Fathers

The prayer that frees us from faults wins the heart of the judge and wipes away sins; mercy cannot be withheld from the one who asks for it, as humility fires us to pray unceasingly for forgiveness. All this is achieved by the devoted Lord, for he does not wish to condemn those whom he forewarns.
— Cassiodorus, EXPOSITIONS OF PSALM 140:1

God knows everything beforehand. But there is that which he wills, and there is that which he does not. He willed to bring the flood, but it was not his will that by means of the flood humans and animals alike would be exterminated. He was brought to do what he did not will by the unworthy, arrogant couplings of the race.
— Eznik of Kolb, ON GOD 235

As we shudder at the wounds of our sins as at deadly poisons, let us apply ourselves to almsgiving, prayer and fasting. Above all, by a charity that loves not only friends but even enemies, let us have recourse to the mercy of that heavenly physician to recover the health of our souls as if by spiritual remedies. For he said, "I take no pleasure in the death of the sinner but rather in the wicked person's conversion, that he may live."
— Caesarius of Arles, SERMONS 150:5

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Dictionary and topics

Condescension Of God · Expostulates with backsliding Israel — Expostulates with backsliding Israel
Death Of The Wicked, The · God has no pleasure in — God has no pleasure in
Judgment · ACCORDING TO OPPORTUNITY AND WORKS — ACCORDING TO OPPORTUNITY AND WORKS
Repentance · 4:29-31;10:16;30:1-3,8-10;32:29; — 4:29-31;10:16;30:1-3,8-10;32:29;
Salvation · UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO — UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 18:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 18:30–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 18:32

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 18:32

John Gill on Ezekiel 18:32

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 18:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 18:30–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 18:32

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 18:32

John Gill on Ezekiel 18:32

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Ezekiel 18:32–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 18:27–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 18:30-32

Rashi on Ezekiel 18:30