"...God...does not rejoice in the death of even the wicked..."
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Maybe he does, and maybe he doesn't;
but there is one thing for sure;
I most certainly DO rejoice;
every time I see evil stumble;
and every time I see good triumph;
I can do that;
what with me not being god, and all that.
"Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his way and live? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore, turn yourselves, and live ye."--Ezek. 18:23, 32.
"Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways, for why will ye die, O house of Israel?"--Ezek. 33:11.