Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 17:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 17:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 17:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, this means that the grown-ups keep doing things they shouldn't, like worshiping wrong things, and their kids see and remember those bad choices. It's like when someone does something not nice, and others around them notice and might do the same.

Jeremiah 17:2: Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:33

This verse speaks of writing God's law in people's hearts, contrasting with Jeremiah 17:2 where sin is engraved on the heart.

Jeremiah 31:33: But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:10

Similar to Jeremiah 31:33, this verse mentions the law being placed in the mind and written on the heart, which is opposite to the idea of sin being inscribed in Jeremiah 17:2.

Hebrews 8:10: For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: [put: Gr. give] [in: or, upon]

Contradiction with Ezekiel 36:26

God promises a new heart and spirit, suggesting a transformation away from sinfulness, unlike the deeply ingrained sin described in Jeremiah 17:2.

Ezekiel 36:26: A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
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