Vivo ego dicit Dominus [As I live says the Lord] (Ezekiel 33: 11) – Alonso Lobo

Ezekiel 33: 11a [Latin] – Say unto them, As I live, says 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?

Original Latin:

Vivo ego, dicit Dominus, nolo mortem peccatoris, sed ut magis convertatur et vivat.

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“Vivo ego dicit Dominus,” a sacred 4-voice (SATB) motet composed by Alonso Lobo (1555-1617), first appeared in Liber primus missarum (1602).

Performed here by Musica Ficta

Free sheet music at Choral Public Domain Library