Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 22:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 22:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 22:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, if the people don't listen to God's words, God promises that their house will become empty and sad. It's like when you don't take care of your toys, and they break or get lost.

Jeremiah 22:5: But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:34

This verse speaks of God's forgiveness and forgetfulness of sins, contrasting with Jeremiah 22:5's warning of judgment and accountability.

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 Ezekiel 33:11

It expresses God's desire for the wicked to turn from their ways and live, contrasting with the pronouncement of an oath of desolation in Jeremiah 22:5.

Ezekiel 33:11: Say unto them, [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Contradiction with Jonah 4:2

God is described as merciful and slow to anger, which seems contradictory to the firm consequence described in Jeremiah 22:5.

Jonah 4:2: And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, [was] not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou [art] a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

Contradiction with Exodus 34:6-7

Highlights God's nature as merciful and forgiving, contrasting with the firm judgment oath in Jeremiah 22:5.

Exodus 34:6-7: And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

Contradiction with 2 Peter 3:9

States that God is patient and desires all to come to repentance, which contrasts with the immediate judgment warned in Jeremiah 22:5.

2 Peter 3:9: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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