Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 25:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 25:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 25:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God is saying that he will take away all the happy and joyful sounds, like people getting married, working, and having light from candles, because the people were not listening to Him. It is like a warning to help them understand the importance of doing the right thing.

Jeremiah 25:10: Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. [I will...: Heb. I will cause to perish from them]

Contradiction with Isaiah 9:2

This verse talks about a great light shining on those in darkness, contrasting with the removal of light and joy described in Jeremiah 25:10.

Isaiah 9:2: The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

Contradiction with Revelation 21:23

Describes a city needing no candle or light because God's glory gives it light, contrary to the absence of light in Jeremiah 25:10.

Revelation 21:23: And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb [is] the light thereof.

Contradiction with Psalm 30:11

Speaks of turning mourning into dancing, which opposes the cessation of joy and mirth in Jeremiah 25:10.

Psalm 30:11: Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Contradiction with Zechariah 8:19

Talks about fasts being turned into joy and gladness, contradicting the end of mirth and festivals in Jeremiah 25:10.

Zechariah 8:19: Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth [month], and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace. [feasts: or, solemn, or, set times]
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