Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 23:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 23:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 23:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, this verse tells a story about people who dressed in fancy clothes and looked important, like princes from a faraway place called Babylon where they were born. It shows how the people admired and copied the Babylonians, even though it was not a good thing to do.

Ezekiel 23:15: Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

This verse prohibits the making of graven images or likenesses, which contradicts the detailed imagery described in Ezekiel 23:15.

Exodus 20:4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 4:16

Warns against corruption by making images in any form, which is contrary to the portrayal of adorned men in Ezekiel 23:15.

Deuteronomy 4:16: Lest ye corrupt [yourselves], and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:7

Emphasizes that God looks at the heart and not outward appearances, in contrast to the physical description in Ezekiel 23:15.

1 Samuel 16:7: But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. [outward...: Heb. eyes]

Contradiction with Isaiah 2:22

Advises not to value humans overly, which stands against the depiction of impressive human figures in Ezekiel 23:15.

Isaiah 2:22: Cease ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:14

Criticizes idol creation and worship, challenging the reverence for the adorned figures in Ezekiel 23:15.

Jeremiah 10:14: Every man is brutish in [his] knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and [there is] no breath in them. [brutish in his knowledge: or, more brutish than to know]

Paradox #1

The contradiction or conflict with Ezekiel 23:15 could be related to historical inaccuracies in describing the attire and appearance of the figures mentioned. The verse talks about clothing and features like girdles and dyed turbans that might not align with historical or archaeological evidence about the attire in the regions or cultures described. This can lead to disputes over the accuracy of these descriptions.

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