Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 24:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 24:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 24:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, this verse compares people to two baskets of figs. One basket has good figs, representing people who listen to God, and the other has bad figs, representing people who don't.

Jeremiah 24:2: One basket [had] very good figs, [even] like the figs [that are] first ripe: and the other basket [had] very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. [they...: Heb. for badness]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:5

Jeremiah 17:5 speaks about the cursed man who trusts in humans, contrasting with the depiction of good figs (those who trust in God) and bad figs in Jeremiah 24:2.

Jeremiah 17:5: Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

Contradiction with Mark 11:13

Mark 11:13 describes a fig tree bearing no fruit, while Jeremiah 24:2 involves figs, some of which are deemed very good, which would imply they are fruitful.

Mark 11:13: And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not [yet].

Contradiction with Luke 6:43

Luke 6:43 states that a good tree does not bring forth corrupt fruit, contradicting Jeremiah 24:2 where both good and bad figs (fruit) are from the same source.

Luke 6:43: For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

Contradiction with James 3:11-12

James 3:11-12 discusses how a fountain cannot yield both fresh and bitter water, while Jeremiah 24:2 presents figs from the same basket being both very good and very bad.

James 3:11-12: Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet [water] and bitter? [place: or, hole]
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