Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the Lord Yahweh; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?
⛓ Read Ezekiel 18 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion2
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
God's declared desire that all be saved and come to knowledge of the truth echoes the LORD's protest that he takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked but desires that they turn and live. Both passages assert a universal divine will for life and salvation rather than condemnation. Verse 32 of the same chapter reinforces this with the appeal to turn and live.
High confidence'Not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance' reflects the LORD's declaration, 'Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked… and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?'
High confidence