Yǐsījiēshū 18:23

23 Zhǔ Yēhéhuá shuō , è rén sǐwáng , qǐ shì wǒ xǐyuè de ma . bú shì xǐyuè tā huí tóu líkāi suǒ xíng de dào cún huó ma .

Yǐsījiēshū 18:23 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 18:23

Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith
the Lord God
Perish by sword, famine, or pestilence, or go into captivity; this, though the Lord's will and work, yet is his strange work; mercy is his delight. This is to be understood not absolutely; for the Lord does take pleasure in these things, as they fulfil his word, secure the honour of his truth and holiness, and glorify his justice, and especially when they are the means of reclaiming men from the evil of their ways; but comparatively, as follows: [and] not that he should return from his ways, and live?
that is, it is more pleasing to God that a man should repent of his sins, and forsake his vicious course of life, and enjoy good things, than to go on in his sins, and bring ruin on himself, here and hereafter.

Yǐsījiēshū 18:23 In-Context

21 È rén ruò huí tóu líkāi suǒ zuò de yīqiè zuìè , jǐn shǒu wǒ yīqiè de lǜ lì ,xíng zhèngzhí yǔ hélǐ de shì , tā bìdéng cún huó , bù zhì sǐwáng .

22 Tā suǒ fàn de yīqiè zuì guō dōu bú beì jìniàn , yīn suǒ xíng de yì , tā bì cún huó .

23 Zhǔ Yēhéhuá shuō , è rén sǐwáng , qǐ shì wǒ xǐyuè de ma . bú shì xǐyuè tā huí tóu líkāi suǒ xíng de dào cún huó ma .

24 Yì rén ruò zhuǎn lí yì xíng ér zuò zuìniè , zhào zhe è rén suǒ xíng yīqiè kĕ zēng de shì ér xíng , tā qǐnéng cún huó ma . tā suǒ xíng de yīqiè yì dōu bú beì jìniàn . tā bì yīn suǒ fàn de zuì , suǒ xíng de è sǐwáng .

25 Nǐmen hái shuō , zhǔ de dào bú gōngping . Yǐsèliè jiā a , nǐmen dāng tīng , wǒde dào qǐbù gōngping ma . nǐmen de dào qǐbù shì bú gōngping ma .