23 Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked?”ae This is the declaration of the Lord God. “Instead, don’t I take pleasure when he turns from his ways and lives? 24 But when a righteous person turns from his righteousnessaf and acts unjustly, committing the same detestable acts that the wicked do, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered.ag He will die because of the treachery he has engaged in and the sin he has committed.