Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 16:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 16:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 16:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God says that the people of Israel became famous for their beauty and goodness because God made them that way. They were special and beautiful because God gave them His own special touch.

Ezekiel 16:14: And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it [was] perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 3:20

This verse highlights infidelity and treachery, contrasting with the glory and renown described in Ezekiel 16:14.

Jeremiah 3:20: Surely [as] a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. [husband: Heb. friend]

Contradiction with Hosea 2:2

This verse speaks to Israel's unfaithfulness, which contrasts with the beauty and fame mentioned in Ezekiel 16:14.

Hosea 2:2: Plead with your mother, plead: for she [is] not my wife, neither [am] I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:21

This verse discusses the transformation of Jerusalem from a faithful city to a harlot, conflicting with the purity and renown given by God in Ezekiel 16:14.

Isaiah 1:21: How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

Contradiction with Lamentations 2:15

This verse depicts scorn and derision from other nations, contrasting with the admiration and fame described in Ezekiel 16:14.

Lamentations 2:15: All that pass by clap [their] hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, [saying, Is] this the city that [men] call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? [by: Heb. by the way]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 25:9

This verse depicts destruction and reproach against Jerusalem, conflicting with the beauty and fame in Ezekiel 16:14.

Jeremiah 25:9: Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
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