Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 28:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 28:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 28:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, this verse means that bad people will be punished and won't live happily, just like people who are lost at sea. God is telling a king that he will be punished for his wrongdoings.

Ezekiel 28:8: They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of [them that are] slain in the midst of the seas.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 37:13-14

These verses speak of resurrection and life from the graves, contradicting the notion of death and descent to the pit in Ezekiel 28:8.

Ezekiel 37:13-14: And ye shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,

Contradiction with Revelation 20:13-14

These verses describe the sea giving up its dead and death being cast into the lake of fire, contradicting the permanence of the pit in Ezekiel 28:8.

Revelation 20:13-14: And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. [hell: or, the grave]

Contradiction with John 5:28-29

Jesus speaks of a resurrection where all in the graves will hear His voice, in contrast to the finality of death in Ezekiel 28:8.

John 5:28-29: Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 15:54-55

These verses proclaim victory over death and the grave, contrasting the threat of death and the pit in Ezekiel 28:8.

1 Corinthians 15:54-55: So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

Contradiction with Isaiah 25:8

Promises that God will swallow up death in victory, contradicting the idea of descending into the pit referenced in Ezekiel 28:8.

Isaiah 25:8: He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken [it].
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