Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 1:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 1:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 1:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God sent him messages to share with the people of Judah during the times of different kings. This means God was speaking to them for a long time, even when things got very hard and they were taken away from their home.

Jeremiah 1:3: It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

Contradiction with Amos 3:7

Amos 3:7 notes that God reveals His secrets to His prophets, implying ongoing prophecy, while Jeremiah 1:3 reflects God's message being specific to the period of Jeremiah's prophecy.

Amos 3:7: Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Contradiction with Hebrews 1:1-2

Hebrews 1:1-2 indicates that God spoke in various ways through prophets in the past, but in the last days, He spoke through His Son, suggesting a shift rather than continuity seen in Jeremiah 1:3.

Hebrews 1:1-2: God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 3:1

1 Samuel 3:1 suggests that during certain times, the word of the Lord was rare, contrasting the regular prophetic messages in Jeremiah 1:3.

1 Samuel 3:1: And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; [there was] no open vision.
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