ForכִּיI take noלֹאpleasureאֶחְפֹּץin the deathבְּמוֹתof the one who dies,הַמֵּתdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH.יְהוִהSo turn back,וְהָשִׁיבוּand live.”וִחְיוּ
Ezekiel 18:32
Study it in the app“For I take no pleasure in the death of the one who dies, declares Adonai YHWH. So turn back, and live.””
God asks them to turn from their wrongs and get a new heart and spiritTurning back to God
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 18:32, word by word
- pleasureאֶחְפֹּץechpots
delight in
To take pleasure in someone or something and look on it with favor.
Where else “echpots” appears- in the deathמוֹתmot
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mot” appears- of the one who diesמֵּתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- So turn backהָשִׁיבוּhashivu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “hashivu” appears- and liveחְיוּcheu
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “cheu” appears
The context
31Cast away from you all your transgressions with which you have transgressed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, house of Israel?
32 · This verse (above)