Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 30:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 30:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 30:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Christians, this means that God spoke directly to a man named Jeremiah to give him a special message. Jeremiah's job was to listen to God and share what he heard with other people.

Jeremiah 30:1: The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Contradiction with Amos 3:7

While Jeremiah 30:1 speaks about the word coming directly to the prophet, Amos 3:7 implies that God always reveals His plans to His prophets, suggesting that it is not limited to one instance or prophet.

Amos 3:7: Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Contradiction with Hebrews 1:1-2

Jeremiah 30:1 emphasizes a direct message to a specific prophet, whereas Hebrews 1:1-2 indicates that God spoke at various times and in different manners, ultimately through His Son, which could be seen as a broader method of communication.

Hebrews 1:1-2: God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 18:18

Jeremiah 30:1 speaks to a specific moment of prophecy, whereas Deuteronomy 18:18 suggests a more general and ongoing provision of prophetic words through a succession of prophets like unto Moses.

Deuteronomy 18:18: I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

Contradiction with Numbers 12:6-8

Here God speaks of speaking to prophets in visions and dreams, while Jeremiah 30:1 specifies the word coming directly to Jeremiah.

Numbers 12:6-8: And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, [I] the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, [and] will speak unto him in a dream.

Contradiction with John 5:39

Jeremiah 30:1 is an instruction to write down specific words from God, while John 5:39 speaks to searching the scriptures as existing testimony, which could be viewed as a broader, completed revelation.

John 5:39: Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
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