Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 20:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 20:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 20:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God is telling the people that something scary will happen to them and their friends because they did not listen. They will be taken away to a faraway land by a king who will defeat them.

Jeremiah 20:4: For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold [it]: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

Contradiction with Proverbs 16:7

States that when a man's ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him, contradicting the idea of being delivered to fear and enemies as in Jeremiah 20:4.

Proverbs 16:7: When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Contradiction with Psalm 91:7

Promises that a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you, implying protection rather than being delivered to enemies as stated in Jeremiah 20:4.

Psalm 91:7: A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; [but] it shall not come nigh thee.

Contradiction with Isaiah 41:10

God assures He will strengthen, help, and uphold with His righteous hand, contradicting the notion of defeat and falling to fear and enemies as mentioned in Jeremiah 20:4.

Isaiah 41:10: Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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