Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 32:30

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 32:30 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 32:30. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, the leaders from the north and the people from Zidon are punished and feel embarrassed because they were not strong enough. They are lying with others who have been defeated, feeling shame for not doing what was right.

Ezekiel 32:30: There [be] the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with [them that be] slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:20

States that individuals are responsible for their own sin, as opposed to the collective fate described in Ezekiel 32:30.

Ezekiel 18:20: The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Contradiction with Romans 14:12

Emphasizes individual accountability to God rather than a shared fate.

Romans 14:12: So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

Contradiction with Proverbs 11:21

Indicates that the wicked will not go unpunished, yet Ezekiel 32:30 suggests the fallen warriors are honored despite their wickedness.

Proverbs 11:21: [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Contradiction with 2 Peter 3:9

God wants all to come to repentance, conflicting with the depiction of irrevocable judgment in Ezekiel 32:30.

2 Peter 3:9: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Contradiction with Matthew 25:31-32

Describes an ultimate separation of the righteous and the wicked, unlike the collective representation in Ezekiel 32:30.

Matthew 25:31-32: When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
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