Contradiction with Jeremiah 5:31
This verse contradicts Jeremiah 30:22 as it highlights that the people love to have false prophets and priests rule over them, suggesting they were not truly God's people.
Jeremiah 5:31: The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? [bear...: or, take into their hands]
Contradiction with Jeremiah 6:19-20
This verse contradicts Jeremiah 30:22 by showing the people are not following God's law, which implies they are not acting like His people.
Jeremiah 6:19-20: Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, [even] the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
Contradiction with Hosea 4:6
This verse contradicts Jeremiah 30:22 by indicating a lack of knowledge and rejection of God's law, suggesting they are not fulfilling the role of His people.
Hosea 4:6: My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. [destroyed: Heb. cut off]
Contradiction with Isaiah 1:4
This verse contradicts Jeremiah 30:22 by stating that the people have forsaken the Lord and are a sinful nation, not acting as God's people.
Isaiah 1:4: Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. [laden: Heb. of heaviness] [gone...: Heb. alienated, or, separated]
Contradiction with Amos 3:2
This verse contradicts Jeremiah 30:22 by expressing that despite being chosen, the people are punished for their iniquities, indicating their failure to be as God's people should.
Amos 3:2: You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. [punish: Heb. visit upon]