Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 28:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 28:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 28:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, this verse talks about a special being who lived in a beautiful garden with lots of shiny jewels and precious things. It means that this being was created very special by God, just like something awesome that you might find in a treasure box.

Ezekiel 28:13: Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone [was] thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. [sardius: or, ruby] [beryl: or, chrysolite] [emerald: or, chrysoprase]

Contradiction with Isaiah 14:12

Describes Lucifer's fall from heaven, suggesting a negative fate rather than being in Eden as a figure adorned in beauty.

Isaiah 14:12: How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! [O Lucifer: or, O day star]

Contradiction with Genesis 3:1

Depicts the serpent (often associated with Satan) as cunning and deceptive, contrary to the depiction of beauty and perfection in Ezekiel 28:13.

Genesis 3:1: Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? [Yea...: Heb. Yea, because, etc.]

Contradiction with John 8:44

Describes the devil as a murderer from the beginning and devoid of truth, conflicting with the depiction of beauty and adorned status in Eden.

John 8:44: Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. [of his own: or, from his own will or disposition]

Contradiction with Revelation 12:9

Refers to the devil as deceiving the world, contrasting the imagery of a perfect and beautiful being in Ezekiel 28:13.

Revelation 12:9: And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 11:14

Mentions Satan masquerading as an angel of light, in contrast to an inherent beauty and perfection described in Ezekiel 28:13.

2 Corinthians 11:14: And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
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