Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 22:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 22:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 22:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God is saying He will send the people to live in different places far away. He wants to clean them up and make them better.

Ezekiel 22:15: And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.

Contradiction with Isaiah 14:1

Promises the Lord's mercy and the return of Israel to their land, contrasting the scattering mentioned in Ezekiel 22:15.

Isaiah 14:1: For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 30:3

Speaks of the restoration of Israel and Judah to their land, opposing the dispersion described in Ezekiel 22:15.

Jeremiah 30:3: For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 32:37

Emphasizes the gathering and bringing back of Israelites to their land, contradictory to their scattering in Ezekiel 22:15.

Jeremiah 32:37: Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:

Contradiction with Amos 9:14-15

Assures Israel's planting back in their land, never to be uprooted, contrary to the dispersion in Ezekiel 22:15.

Amos 9:14-15: 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 Zechariah 8:7-8

Foretells the return and dwelling of people in Jerusalem, which conflicts with the scattering in Ezekiel 22:15.

Zechariah 8:7-8: Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; [the west...: Heb. the country of the going down of the sun]
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