Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 37:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 37:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 37:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God promises to fill the people with His Spirit to make them full of life and bring them back to their home. This will help them know that God always keeps His promises and does what He says.

Ezekiel 37:14: And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken [it], and performed [it], saith the LORD.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:5

This verse states that the dead know nothing, contradicting the notion of the spirit and resurrection implied in Ezekiel 37:14.

Ecclesiastes 9:5: For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Contradiction with Job 14:12

This verse indicates that man does not rise until the heavens are no more, contradicting the immediate life promised in Ezekiel 37:14.

Job 14:12: So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

Contradiction with Psalm 146:4

This verse implies that thoughts perish at death, opposing the idea of life and breath being given in Ezekiel 37:14.

Psalm 146:4: His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Contradiction with Isaiah 38:18

This verse asserts that the grave cannot praise God, contrary to Ezekiel 37:14's implication of life and breath restoration.

Isaiah 38:18: For the grave cannot praise thee, death can [not] celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 15:50

This verse claims that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, which conflicts with the physical restoration in Ezekiel 37:14.

1 Corinthians 15:50: Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

Contradiction with John 11:11-14

This passage describes death as sleep until Christ's intervention, which challenges the immediate restoration of life and spirit in Ezekiel 37:14.

John 11:11-14: These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
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