Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 32:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 32:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 32:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the prophet Jeremiah, God gave the people a nice land to live in, but they didn't listen to Him or follow His rules, so bad things happened to them because they didn't do what He asked. It's like when a parent gives you a gift, but you don't listen to their instructions and then things go wrong.

Jeremiah 32:23: And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:

Contradiction with Numbers 23:19

God does not lie or change His mind, implying that His promises do not depend on human obedience.

Numbers 23:19: God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Contradiction with Exodus 3:8

States God is delivering the Israelites to a land flowing with milk and honey, implying a fulfilled promise rather than contingent.

Exodus 3:8: And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Contradiction with Hebrews 4:8-9

Suggests that the ultimate rest and fulfillment of God's promise still awaits, implying incomplete fulfillment at Jeremiah's time.

Hebrews 4:8-9: For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. [Jesus: that is, Joshua]

Contradiction with Genesis 13:15

States God will give the land to Abraham's descendants forever, contradicting the notion that their possession was contingent upon their obedience.

Genesis 13:15: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
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