Contradictions and Paradoxes in Amos 9:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Amos 9:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Amos 9:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Amos, God promises to help His people, Israel, by bringing them back home. They will rebuild their cities, plant gardens and vineyards, and enjoy the food and drink from them.

Amos 9:14: And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 28:63

While Amos 9:14 speaks of restoring the people to their land, this verse mentions God delighting in destroying and bringing them to nothing.

Deuteronomy 28:63: And it shall come to pass, [that] as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 15:1

Amos 9:14 promises restoration, whereas this verse indicates that even Moses and Samuel could not persuade God to relenting from punishing the people.

Jeremiah 15:1: Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, [yet] my mind [could] not [be] toward this people: cast [them] out of my sight, and let them go forth.

Contradiction with Lamentations 1:5

Contrasts with the promised prosperity in Amos 9:14 by describing the people as captives because of their transgressions.

Lamentations 1:5: Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 5:11

Amos 9:14 speaks of rebuilding the land, but this verse declares a serious dispersal and desecration due to abominations.

Ezekiel 5:11: Wherefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish [thee]; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

Contradiction with Hosea 9:3

Instead of being planted in the land as promised in Amos 9:14, this verse talks about the people returning to Egypt and eating unclean things in Assyria.

Hosea 9:3: They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean [things] in Assyria.
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