Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 30:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 30:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 30:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God says that all these countries and their friends will be defeated by armies. This means that many people will be in trouble because they didn't follow God's ways.

Ezekiel 30:5: Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. [Libya: Heb. Phut] [men: Heb. children]

Contradiction with Isaiah 19:23

This verse speaks of harmony between Egypt and Assyria, contrary to the destruction of Egypt and allies mentioned in Ezekiel 30:5.

Isaiah 19:23: In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 46:26

This verse predicts a temporary subjugation but eventual restoration of Egypt, which contrasts with the unrelenting destruction foretold in Ezekiel 30:5.

Jeremiah 46:26: And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with Hosea 11:11

This verse indicates a future return of the exiles from Egypt, contrasting the finality implied in Ezekiel 30:5's message of desolation.

Hosea 11:11: They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with Zechariah 10:11

Foretells of God’s future action in Egypt suggesting redemption, contradicting Ezekiel 30:5's declaration of punishment and devastation.

Zechariah 10:11: And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

Contradiction with Isaiah 19:25

Proclaims blessings upon Egypt, conflicting with the devastation and wrath depicted in Ezekiel 30:5.

Isaiah 19:25: Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed [be] Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
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