THEOSISEzekiel 33:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Say to them: As I live, saith the Lord God, I desire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way, and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways: and why will you die, O house of Israel?
אֱמֹ֨ר אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם חַי־אָ֣נִי ׀ נְאֻ֣ם ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה אִם־אֶחְפֹּץ֙ בְּמ֣וֹת הָרָשָׁ֔ע כִּ֣י אִם־בְּשׁ֥וּב רָשָׁ֛ע מִדַּרְכּ֖וֹ וְחָיָ֑ה שׁ֣וּבוּ שׁ֜וּבוּ מִדַּרְכֵיכֶ֧ם הָרָעִ֛ים וְלָ֥מָּה תָמ֖וּתוּ בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Tim 2:4Who will have all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
- Ezek 18:23Is it my will that a sinner should die, saith the Lord God, and not that he should be converted from his ways, and live?
- 2 Pet 3:9The Lord delayeth not his promise, as some imagine, but dealeth patiently for your sake, not willing that any should perish, but that all should return to penance,
- Isa 55:6Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near.
- Isa 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unjust man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God: for he is bountiful to forgive.
- Acts 3:19Be penitent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out.
- Prov 8:36But he that shall sin against me shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death.
- Ezek 18:30Therefore will I judge every man according to his ways, O house of Israel, saith the Lord God. Be converted, and do penance for all your iniquities: and iniquity shall not be your ruin.