Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 36:37

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 36:37 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 36:37. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God tells his people that they should ask Him for help, and if they do, He will give them many more people, like a big, happy family. God wants to hear their prayers and is ready to bless them with more friends and family members.

Ezekiel 36:37: Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet [for] this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do [it] for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

Contradiction with Proverbs 16:9

Proverbs 16:9 emphasizes that while humans make plans, the Lord determines the steps, suggesting a lack of human agency in accessing God's plans, whereas Ezekiel 36:37 implies a cooperative aspect of human request and divine response.

Proverbs 16:9: A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:8

This verse suggests God already knows our needs before we ask, in contrast to Ezekiel 36:37, which implies asking is necessary for God's response.

Matthew 6:8: Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

Contradiction with Isaiah 65:24

Here it indicates that God answers before they call, contrasting Ezekiel 36:37 where God's promise responds to the people's initiative to ask.

Isaiah 65:24: And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Contradiction with James 4:2

This verse suggests you have not because you ask not, emphasizing the necessity of asking akin to Ezekiel 36:37, but contrasting in suggesting a lack of fulfillment without preliminary action.

James 4:2: Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
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