Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 22:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 22:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 22:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God is upset because the people did not treat His special things with respect and did not keep the day they were supposed to rest and think about Him. They did not follow the special rules God gave them.

Ezekiel 22:8: Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:17

Jesus states He came not to destroy the law, but to fulfill it, implying reverence for God's laws, unlike the disregard in Ezekiel 22:8.

Matthew 5:17: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

Indicates God’s disinterest in sacrifices when accompanied by sinful actions, emphasizing true observance of His commands unlike the desecration in Ezekiel 22:8.

Isaiah 1:11: To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. [he goats: Heb. great he goats]

Contradiction with Amos 5:21-22

God rejects insincere worship and rituals without righteousness, in contrast to the profaning of God’s holy things in Ezekiel 22:8.

Amos 5:21-22: I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. [in...: or, your holy days]

Contradiction with Matthew 23:23

Jesus criticizes Pharisees for neglecting justice, mercy, and faith, while focusing on minor laws, contrasting with the neglect of holy things in Ezekiel 22:8.

Matthew 23:23: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. [anise: Gr. dill]

Contradiction with Malachi 1:12-13

The Israelites profane God’s name by offering polluted bread, similar to but also contrasting with the broader desecration in Ezekiel 22:8.

Malachi 1:12-13: But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD [is] polluted; and the fruit thereof, [even] his meat, [is] contemptible.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:29

Discusses the severity of treating God's covenant as unholy, contrasted with casual profaning of the Sabbath and ordinances in Ezekiel 22:8.

Hebrews 10:29: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
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