Contradictions and Paradoxes in Amos 7:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Amos 7:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Amos 7:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Amos, God showed him a vision where a big fire burned up everything, including the deep ocean and some land. This vision was meant to explain that God was very upset and was using fire to show His power and strength.

Amos 7:4: Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

Contradiction with Exodus 15:3

Refers to the LORD as a man of war, emphasizing divine action in human affairs, whereas Amos 7:4 shows God being asked to relent from an intended action.

Exodus 15:3: The LORD [is] a man of war: the LORD [is] his name.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 18:8

Shows God willing to repent from a pronounced judgment if a nation turns from its evil, whereas Amos 7:4 initially presents a vision of intended destruction without immediate mention of conditional mercy.

Jeremiah 18:8: If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

Contradiction with Numbers 23:19

States that God is not a man that he should lie or repent, contrasting with the notion implied in Amos 7:4 that God could change His mind or plans.

Numbers 23:19: God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Contradiction with Jonah 3:10

Shows God repenting of the evil that He had said He would do to Nineveh, suggesting a similar scene of interceding for mercy unlike the declared calamity in Amos 7:4.

Jonah 3:10: And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did [it] not.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 24:14

Declares that God will not spare or have pity and will not repent, contrasting Amos 7:4 which involves a divine reconsideration of judgment.

Ezekiel 24:14: I the LORD have spoken [it]: it shall come to pass, and I will do [it]; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.
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