Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 32:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 32:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 32:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God spoke to him during the time when Zedekiah was the king of Judah and Nebuchadrezzar was the king of Babylon. It's a message from God that came when these two kings were ruling.

Jeremiah 32:1: The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which [was] the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 6:1

This verse mentions the timeline of events related to the reigns of kings and the construction of the temple, which may present chronological challenges compared to Jeremiah 32:1.

1 Kings 6:1: And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which [is] the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. [began...: Heb. built]

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 36:21-22

These verses describe post-exilic events and the fulfillment of the seventy-year exile prophecy, which might conflict with the timeline suggested in Jeremiah 32:1 about the siege.

2 Chronicles 36:21-22: To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: [for] as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 33:21

Offers a differing timeline about the fall of Jerusalem, creating potential contradictions with the chronological setting of Jeremiah 32:1.

Ezekiel 33:21: And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, [that] one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

Contradiction with Daniel 9:2

References the duration of the desolation of Jerusalem according to Jeremiah's prophecy, which can appear inconsistent with the specific setting mentioned in Jeremiah 32:1.

Daniel 9:2: In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
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