Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 17:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 17:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 17:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God is saying that the wrong things the people of Judah are doing are like deep carvings on their hearts, meaning they are serious and can't be erased easily. It's like writing with a very strong pen that is hard to remove.

Jeremiah 17:1: The sin of Judah [is] written with a pen of iron, [and] with the point of a diamond: [it is] graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; [point: Heb. nail]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:34

This verse speaks of God's forgiveness and not remembering sin, contrasting with the permanence of Judah's sin engrained in stones and hearts in Jeremiah 17:1.

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 Psalm 103:12

This verse describes God removing transgressions far away, unlike the indelible engraving of sin on hearts in Jeremiah 17:1.

Psalm 103:12: As far as the east is from the west, [so] far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Contradiction with Isaiah 43:25

This verse highlights God blotting out transgressions, in contrast to them being permanently engraved as noted in Jeremiah 17:1.

Isaiah 43:25: I, [even] I, [am] he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:12

This verse emphasizes God's mercy and forgetting sins, differing from the description of sins deeply inscribed in Jeremiah 17:1.

Hebrews 8:12: For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

Contradiction with Micah 7:19

This verse shows God casting sins into the depths of the sea, which contradicts the idea of sin being permanently marked as in Jeremiah 17:1.

Micah 7:19: He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
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