Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 31:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 31:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 31:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God’s people will gather happily and sing on a special mountain, enjoying all the good things God gives them like food and animals, and their hearts will feel full and happy like a beautiful garden. They won't be sad anymore.

Jeremiah 31:12: Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

Contradiction with Lamentations 2:11

This verse depicts sorrow and the absence of comfort, contradicting the joy described in Jeremiah 31:12.

Lamentations 2:11: Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. [swoon: or, faint]

Contradiction with Joel 1:10-12

These verses depict devastation on the land and absence of joy, opposite to the flourishing and joy in Jeremiah 31:12.

Joel 1:10-12: The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

Contradiction with Habakkuk 3:17-18

This passage describes a situation where the fields yield no food, in contrast to the abundance described in Jeremiah 31:12.

Habakkuk 3:17-18: Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither [shall] fruit [be] in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and [there shall be] no herd in the stalls: [fail: Heb. lie]

Contradiction with Amos 4:6-9

These verses describe God's punishment through lack, which contradicts the prosperity and satisfaction portrayed in Jeremiah 31:12.

Amos 4:6-9: And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with Isaiah 17:10-11

These verses depict planting but not reaping, contrasting with the fruitful abundance in Jeremiah 31:12.

Isaiah 17:10-11: Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
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