Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 24:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 24:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 24:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God is saying that even though He sent some people from Judah to live in a faraway land, He will take care of them like taking care of good fruit. This means that God wants good things for them, even if they're in a different place.

Jeremiah 24:5: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for [their] good. [them...: Heb. the captivity]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 21:10

Contradicts by saying God has set His face against the city for evil and not for good.

Jeremiah 21:10: For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 29:17

Speaks against those who are left in Jerusalem, suggesting calamity rather than good figs.

Jeremiah 29:17: Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 21:27

Emphasizes overturning and chaos, contradicting the notion of stability and building up.

Ezekiel 21:27: I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no [more], until he come whose right it is; and I will give it [him]. [I will overturn...: Heb. Perverted, perverted, perverted, will I make it]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 25:9

Declares Nebuchadnezzar as God’s servant to destroy the land, in contrast to good intentions.

Jeremiah 25:9: Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
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