Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 29:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 29:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 29:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, this verse tells us that many important people, like the king and queen, had to leave their home city of Jerusalem. They were taken away to another place, and this made the people in the city sad.

Jeremiah 29:2: (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) [eunuchs: or, chamberlains]

Contradiction with Genesis 11:31

This verse speaks about Terah leaving Ur and heading to Canaan which contradicts the exile to Babylon in Jeremiah 29:2.

Genesis 11:31: And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

Contradiction with Exodus 12:41

The Israelites leave Egypt, a contrast to being taken into Babylonian exile as in Jeremiah 29:2.

Exodus 12:41: And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

Contradiction with Numbers 14:4

The Israelites desire to return to Egypt, opposing the forced relocation to Babylon in Jeremiah 29:2.

Numbers 14:4: And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 19:32

This verse states that the Assyrians will not enter Jerusalem, contrasting the Babylonian entry mentioned in Jeremiah 29:2.

2 Kings 19:32: Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
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