Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 31:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 31:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 31:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God promises that even when things are hard, there is hope for the future, and one day, everyone's loved ones will come back home safely.

Jeremiah 31:17: And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:5

Jeremiah 31:17 speaks of hope for the future, whereas Ecclesiastes 9:5 describes the dead as having no more hope or portion in anything done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:5: For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Contradiction with Job 7:9-10

Jeremiah 31:17 implies a return from exile or despair, contrasting Job 7:9-10 where it asserts that one who descends to the grave will not return.

Job 7:9-10: [As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more].

Contradiction with Isaiah 38:18

Jeremiah 31:17 offers hope and a future, while Isaiah 38:18 states that death cannot praise or hope for truth.

Isaiah 38:18: For the grave cannot praise thee, death can [not] celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
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