Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 7:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 7:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 7:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, when people see the big, special house God made and wonder why it became ruined, they will ask why God let this happen. It's a way of showing that if people do not follow God's rules, even wonderful places can have bad things happen to them.

2 Chronicles 7:21: And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

Contradiction with Jeremiah 33:9

This verse speaks of Jerusalem bringing joy, praise, and honor before all nations, which contradicts 2 Chronicles 7:21 where people are astonished at the desolation.

Jeremiah 33:9: And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.

Contradiction with Isaiah 2:2

This verse prophesies that the Lord's house shall be established and exalted, drawing all nations unto it, contradicting the desolation described in 2 Chronicles 7:21.

Isaiah 2:2: And it shall come to pass in the last days, [that] the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. [established: or, prepared]

Contradiction with Ezekiel 37:26-27

This passage promises God's everlasting covenant of peace with His people and His sanctuary among them forever, contradicting the desolate state of the temple in 2 Chronicles 7:21.

Ezekiel 37:26-27: Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

Contradiction with Micah 4:1

It mentions the Lord’s house being established in the top of the mountains and people flowing to it, which contrasts with the desolation mentioned in 2 Chronicles 7:21.

Micah 4:1: But in the last days it shall come to pass, [that] the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.

Contradiction with Zechariah 8:3

This verse says Jerusalem will be called a city of truth and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, which does not align with its desolate state in 2 Chronicles 7:21.

Zechariah 8:3: Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
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