Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 16:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 16:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 16:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God is telling the people that everyone, both important and not, will die and no one will be able to bury them or be sad in the usual ways. This shows a very serious time when people won't even have time to say goodbye properly.

Jeremiah 16:6: Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall [men] lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 34:8

This verse describes the mourning rituals observed for Moses, which contradicts Jeremiah 16:6’s indication that there will be no mourning or funeral rites.

Deuteronomy 34:8: And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping [and] mourning for Moses were ended.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:4

Indicates there is "a time to mourn," contradicting the prohibition of mourning described in Jeremiah 16:6.

Ecclesiastes 3:4: A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Contradiction with Matthew 5:4

"Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted," contradicting the assertion that there will be no mourning or comfort.

Matthew 5:4: Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Contradiction with Genesis 50:10

Joseph mourns his father Jacob for seven days, contradicting Jeremiah 16:6 which states there will be no mourning.

Genesis 50:10: And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which [is] beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

Contradiction with John 11:31-33

Describes mourning for Lazarus, contradicting the prohibition of mourning practices in Jeremiah 16:6.

John 11:31-33: The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
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