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God's Delight is in Life
Commentators unanimously affirm that this verse reveals God's fundamental character. He takes no pleasure in the judgment of the wicked. Instead, His earnest desire and delight is for people to turn from their destructive paths, return to Him, and experience life. This is a foundational truth of God's love and mercy.
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Ezekiel
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Charles Ellicott
On Ezekiel 18:23
19th Century
Bishop
Have I any pleasure at all? —This brings out that fundamental truth which underlies the whole teaching of both the Old and New Testaments,…
John Calvin
On Ezekiel 18:23
16th Century
Theologian
He confirms the same sentiment in other words: that God desires nothing more earnestly than that those who were perishing and rushing to destructio…
John Gill
On Ezekiel 18:23
17th Century
Pastor
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? says
the Lord God
Perish by swo…
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Matthew Henry
On Ezekiel 18:21–29
17th Century
Minister
The wicked man would be saved, if he turned from his evil ways. The true penitent is a true believer. None of his former transgressions shall be me…