Contradictions and Paradoxes in Hosea 12:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Hosea 12:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Hosea 12:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Hosea, God used a special messenger called a prophet to help bring the people of Israel out of a place where they were not free, and this messenger also kept them safe afterwards. This shows that God takes care of His people and uses prophets to help guide and protect them.

Hosea 12:13: And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

Contradiction with Exodus 3:8

Contradiction in the role of deliverance attributed to God and Moses, whereas Hosea 12:13 attributes it to a prophet.

Exodus 3:8: And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Contradiction with Numbers 14:22

Emphasizes direct actions of God versus Hosea 12:13, which highlights a prophet's role in guidance.

Numbers 14:22: Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 34:10

Suggests no prophet like Moses arose, while Hosea 12:13 emphasizes the role of a prophet.

Deuteronomy 34:10: And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:34

Speaks of direct forgiveness from God, contrasting with Hosea 12:13's emphasis on prophetic intervention.

Jeremiah 31:34: And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 37:14

Focus on God's spirit acting directly, compared to Hosea 12:13 where a prophet is leading and preserving.

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 Hebrews 1:1

God's communication through prophets contrasted with Hosea 12:13's specific attribution to a single prophet's role in delivering Israel.

Hebrews 1:1: God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
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