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Yahweh speaks about his desire for wicked people.
Do I greatly rejoice over the death of the wicked ... and not in his turning away from his way so that he may live?
"I do not greatly rejoice over the death of the wicked ... but I do greatly rejoice if he turns away from his way so that he may live."
this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration
"this is what I, the Lord Yahweh, have declared". Yahweh speaks of himself to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See Ezekiel 5:11.
not in his turning away from his way
"not in his ceasing to live the way that he lives"