Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 28:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 28:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 28:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Christian understanding, Jeremiah talks about God promising to bring back the king and all the people of Judah who were taken to Babylon. God says He will free them from the control of the Babylonian king.

Jeremiah 28:4: And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. [captives: Heb. captivity]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 29:10

This verse states that the captivity in Babylon will last seventy years, contradicting the prophecy of a quick return in Jeremiah 28:4.

Jeremiah 29:10: For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 25:11-12

These verses emphasize the seventy-year period of Babylonian rule, contradicting the notion of an imminent return as suggested in Jeremiah 28:4.

Jeremiah 25:11-12: And this whole land shall be a desolation, [and] an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 24:17

This verse supports the continuation of Babylonian control over Judah, which contradicts the prophecy of liberation in Jeremiah 28:4.

2 Kings 24:17: And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

Contradiction with Isaiah 39:6-7

This prophecy of Babylonian captivity contradicts the promise of a swift return in Jeremiah 28:4.

Isaiah 39:6-7: Behold, the days come, that all that [is] in thine house, and [that] which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
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