Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 47:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 47:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 47:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God showed him a special river and asked if he understood what he was seeing. God then led him back to the edge of this river to learn more about it.

Ezekiel 47:6: And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen [this]? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.

Contradiction with Proverbs 4:7

This verse promotes wisdom as the principal thing, whereas Ezekiel 47:6 emphasizes observation and understanding through seeing the vision of waters.

Proverbs 4:7: Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8-9

This passage highlights the incomprehensibility of God's ways compared to human understanding, contradicting Ezekiel 47:6 which assumes a capacity for understanding divine visions.

Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

Depicts the heart as deceitful and desperately wicked, contradicting Ezekiel 47:6's assumption that people can perceive and understand spiritual visions.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:25

Speaks about the foolish nature of human wisdom compared to God's, contrasting with the invitation in Ezekiel 47:6 to use one's understanding to comprehend God's works.

1 Corinthians 1:25: Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:11

Asserts that humans cannot fully fathom what God has done from beginning to end, conflicting with the notion in Ezekiel 47:6 of human ability to comprehend divine matters.

Ecclesiastes 3:11: He hath made every [thing] beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
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