Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 16:45

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 16:45 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 16:45. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, this verse talks about being part of a family who did not love or take care of their loved ones, saying it's like having a mom and dad from different groups who didn't follow good ways. It's a way of telling the people they are behaving like those who don’t care for their family.

Ezekiel 16:45: Thou [art] thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou [art] the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother [was] an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:20

This verse states that the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, contradicting the implication in Ezekiel 16:45 that children are following the sinful ways of their mother and being judged likewise.

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.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:29-30

Here it is proclaimed that people will no longer say "The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge," emphasizing individual responsibility, which contradicts the generational guilt implied in Ezekiel 16:45.

Jeremiah 31:29-30: In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 14:6

This verse mentions that children should not be put to death for their fathers' sins but rather everyone will die for their own sin, opposing the generational perspective of sin in Ezekiel 16:45.

2 Kings 14:6: But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 24:16

Similar to 2 Kings 14:6, it reinforces the idea that individuals are responsible for their own sin, not their relatives, which contrasts with the family resemblance to sin depicted in Ezekiel 16:45.

Deuteronomy 24:16: The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
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