Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 32:36

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 32:36 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 32:36. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God is saying that even though people think the city will be taken over by the king of Babylon with fighting, hunger, and sickness, He has a special message about it. God wants everyone to listen to what He has planned.

Jeremiah 32:36: And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 28:64

This verse states that the Lord will scatter His people among all the nations, which contradicts Jeremiah 32:36 where God promises to gather the exiled people back to their land.

Deuteronomy 28:64: And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, [even] wood and stone.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 15:1

This verse speaks of God refusing to change his mind about bringing calamity to Jerusalem, contradicting Jeremiah 32:36 where there is a promise of restoration and mercy.

Jeremiah 15:1: Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, [yet] my mind [could] not [be] toward this people: cast [them] out of my sight, and let them go forth.

Contradiction with Lamentations 3:44

This verse implies that God does not hear prayers, which contrasts with Jeremiah 32:36, wherein God assures restoration and response.

Lamentations 3:44: Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that [our] prayer should not pass through.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 20:23

This verse states that God swore to scatter them among the nations, contradicting Jeremiah 32:36 where the promise is about gathering the people back.

Ezekiel 20:23: I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;

Contradiction with Hosea 9:3

Here it is stated that they shall not dwell in the Lord's land, contradicting Jeremiah 32:36, which speaks of bringing the people back to their land.

Hosea 9:3: They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean [things] in Assyria.
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