Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 18:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 18:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 18:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, if a person's father is mean and hurts others to get what he wants, he will be punished and die because of the bad things he did. This means that everyone is responsible for their own actions.

Ezekiel 18:18: [As for] his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did [that] which [is] not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:5

This verse suggests that the iniquities of the fathers are visited upon the children, while Ezekiel 18:18 states that the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.

Exodus 20:5: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 24:16

This verse aligns with Ezekiel 18:18, emphasizing that children shall not be punished for their fathers' sins, so it doesn't present a contradiction.

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.

Contradiction with Lamentations 5:7

This verse suggests that the consequences of the fathers' sins are borne by their children, which contradicts the message of individual responsibility in Ezekiel 18:18.

Lamentations 5:7: Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.
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