Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 2:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 2:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 2:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God's people forgot to ask where He was after He saved them from Egypt and guided them through a dangerous desert where no one lived. They didn't remember to thank Him for keeping them safe during this journey.

Jeremiah 2:6: Neither said they, Where [is] the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?

Contradiction with Jeremiah 2:31

This verse asks why the people say they are free and are not obligated to God, suggesting an independence that contrasts with the dependence on God's guidance mentioned in Jeremiah 2:6.

Jeremiah 2:31: O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? [We are...: Heb. We have dominion]

Contradiction with Hosea 11:1

This verse refers to how God led Israel out of Egypt with love, implying a caring guidance, which contrasts with the feeling of abandonment expressed in Jeremiah 2:6.

Hosea 11:1: When Israel [was] a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

Contradiction with Psalm 77:20

This verse speaks of God leading His people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron, which contradicts the view in Jeremiah 2:6 of God not leading them back through the wilderness.

Psalm 77:20: Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Contradiction with Nehemiah 9:19

This verse speaks of God guiding Israel by a pillar of cloud and pillar of fire, contradictory to the sentiment in Jeremiah 2:6 of God not being present or leading.

Nehemiah 9:19: Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 1:31

This verse describes God carrying Israel as a man carries his son, which contrasts the perceived abandonment in Jeremiah 2:6.

Deuteronomy 1:31: And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.

Contradiction with Isaiah 63:14

This verse states that God led His people to make Himself a glorious name, opposing the perception in Jeremiah 2:6 of being unguided in the desert.

Isaiah 63:14: As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.

Contradiction with Exodus 13:21

It describes the Lord guiding Israel with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, contradicting the feeling of lack of guidance in Jeremiah 2:6.

Exodus 13:21: And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
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