Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 17:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 17:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 17:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God is saying that He will give away the riches and treasures of the people because they did bad things everywhere. It's like losing your toys because you didn't listen to rules.

Jeremiah 17:3: O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance [and] all thy treasures to the spoil, [and] thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:31-34

These verses speak of a new covenant with the house of Israel, emphasizing forgiveness and internalizing God's law, contrasting with the punitive message in Jeremiah 17:3.

Jeremiah 31:31-34: Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Contradiction with Ezekiel 36:24-27

These verses promise a restoration and cleansing of Israel, which contradicts the message of destruction in Jeremiah 17:3.

Ezekiel 36:24-27: For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:10-12

This passage reiterates the promise of a new covenant with merciful terms, conflicting with the harsh judgment described in Jeremiah 17:3.

Hebrews 8:10-12: 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 Jeremiah 3:22

Calls for the backsliding children to return, promising healing of their backsliding, which contrasts the irreversible desolation mentioned in Jeremiah 17:3.

Jeremiah 3:22: Return, ye backsliding children, [and] I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou [art] the LORD our God.
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