Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 32:43

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 32:43 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 32:43. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, even though the land is empty and taken over by enemies, people will one day buy fields there again. This shows that God promises to make things better in the future.

Jeremiah 32:43: And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, [It is] desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 32:44

Unlike verse 32:43, this verse supports the return to normalcy and buying of fields.

Jeremiah 32:44: Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal [them], and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with Leviticus 26:32

This verse talks about God making the land desolate, contradicting the idea of inhabitable lands.

Leviticus 26:32: And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 6:14

Here, God promises desolation, opposite to the prosperity suggested in Jeremiah 32:43.

Ezekiel 6:14: So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I [am] the LORD. [more...: or, desolate from the wilderness]

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 28:63

This verse speaks of destruction and removal from the land instead of restoration and dwelling.

Deuteronomy 28:63: And it shall come to pass, [that] as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

Contradiction with Isaiah 5:9

This verse predicts houses will be left desolate, contrary to the inhabitation described in Jeremiah 32:43.

Isaiah 5:9: In mine ears [said] the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, [even] great and fair, without inhabitant. [In...: or, This is in mine ears, saith the LORD, etc] [Of a...: Heb. If not, etc]
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