Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 37:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 37:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 37:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God promises to make dead people come alive again by giving them bodies and breath, so they will know He is the Lord who can do anything. It's like a miracle where something broken is made all better and new again.

Ezekiel 37:6: And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.

Contradiction with Genesis 3:19

"For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return" seems to contradict the resurrection theme in Ezekiel 37:6 as it emphasizes returning to dust.

Genesis 3:19: In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:27

"And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment," contradicts the resurrection of the slain from Ezekiel 37:6.

Hebrews 9:27: And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:5

"For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing," can be seen as contradicting the return to life described in Ezekiel 37:6.

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 Isaiah 26:14

"They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise:" This opposes the raising of the dead to life as envisioned in Ezekiel 37:6.

Isaiah 26:14: [They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

Contradiction with 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" contrasts with the resurrection in Ezekiel 37:6.

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.

Paradox #1

The contradiction in Ezekiel 37:6 could be the concept of bones coming back to life. In science, once a living being has died and decomposed, it can't come back to life because the biological processes have irreversibly stopped. This idea conflicts with our understanding of biology and the laws of nature.

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