Contradictions and Paradoxes in Hosea 12:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Hosea 12:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Hosea 12:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Hosea, God is like a special name or memory that people should always remember because He is very powerful and takes care of everything. This verse helps remind us that God is important and strong, like a mighty leader.

Hosea 12:5: Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD [is] his memorial.

Contradiction with Exodus 3:14

Hosea 12:5 refers to God speaking by the prophets, while Exodus 3:14 emphasizes God's self-revelation directly to Moses, highlighting a more direct form of communication rather than through intermediaries.

Exodus 3:14: And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

Contradiction with Malachi 3:6

Hosea 12:5 portrays God as interacting and communicating through prophets, while Malachi 3:6 speaks to God's unchanging nature, which can seem in contrast to the dynamic relationship implied by prophetic communication.

Malachi 3:6: For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Contradiction with Acts 17:24

Hosea 12:5 emphasizes God's communication through prophets, while Acts 17:24 stresses God's transcendence and independence from human structures, potentially contradicting the need for prophetic mediation.

Acts 17:24: God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

Contradiction with Hebrews 1:1

Hosea 12:5 speaks of God speaking through prophets, while Hebrews 1:1 points out that God's ultimate communication is through His Son, which shifts the focus from the prophets to Christ.

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

Contradiction with John 1:18

Hosea 12:5 highlights prophetic communication as a means to know God, while John 1:18 asserts that no one has seen God except through the revelation of Jesus Christ, suggesting a different source of divine understanding.

John 1:18: No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
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