Does God take pleasure in judging the wicked?

Chuck Smith pressed the word "any": "God has no pleasure in the death of the wicked, any wicked. But God cries unto them to turn." The Lord says it under oath: "As I live ... I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked" (Ezekiel 33:11). Read Chuck on Ezekiel 33:11 in the reader. Chuck Smith commentary used by permission of The Word For Today.

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