Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 6:28

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 6:28 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 6:28. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the chronicler, this verse means that if bad things happen, like no food or bugs eating plants, or if enemies attack, people should ask God for help. They believe God listens and can fix their troubles.

2 Chronicles 6:28: If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness [there be]: [in the cities...: Heb. in the land of their gates]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 14:14

The prophets prophesy lies in God's name, denying the divine communication described in any pestilence or prayer offered as seen in 2 Chronicles 6:28.

Jeremiah 14:14: Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:45

God causes the sun to rise on both evil and good, which contrasts with the idea of punitive pestilence targeted at specific groups as mentioned in 2 Chronicles 6:28.

Matthew 5:45: That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Contradiction with Job 1:8-12

Job suffers severely despite being righteous, contradicting the implication of punishment by pestilence for wrongdoing in 2 Chronicles 6:28.

Job 1:8-12: And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that [there is] none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? [considered: Heb. set thy heart on]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:2

All things come alike to all, including the righteous and the wicked, contradicting the notion of selective pestilence in 2 Chronicles 6:28.

Ecclesiastes 9:2: All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as [he] that feareth an oath.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:20

States everyone is accountable for their own sins, contrasting with the group afflictions like pestilence seen in 2 Chronicles 6:28.

Ezekiel 18:20: The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
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