Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 47:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 47:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 47:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God's messenger showed him a special river that was just a little deep, only up to his ankles. This was the beginning of something amazing that God was going to do.

Ezekiel 47:3: And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters [were] to the ankles. [the waters were...: Heb. waters of the ankles]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:13

This verse speaks of those who forsake the Lord being written in the earth, contrasting with the life-giving waters in Ezekiel 47:3.

Jeremiah 17:13: O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, [and] they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

Contradiction with Isaiah 33:21

Describes a place where the glorious Lord is to us a place of broad rivers and streams, where no galley with oars shall go, differing from the measurable, controlled waters of Ezekiel 47:3.

Isaiah 33:21: But there the glorious LORD [will be] unto us a place of broad rivers [and] streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. [of...: Heb. broad of spaces, or, hands]

Contradiction with Revelation 21:1

Refers to a new heaven and a new earth where there is no more sea, contrasting with the abundance of waters in Ezekiel 47:3.

Revelation 21:1: And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

Contradiction with Zechariah 14:8

States living waters shall go out from Jerusalem, half toward the former sea, and half toward the hinder sea, contradicting the singular eastward flow in Ezekiel 47:3.

Zechariah 14:8: And it shall be in that day, [that] living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. [former: or, eastern]
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