Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 34:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 34:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 34:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God saw the people doing something good by promising to set their neighbors free and making a special promise to Him in His house. But earlier, they had not kept this promise, which made God unhappy.

Jeremiah 34:15: And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: [now: Heb. to day] [which...: Heb. whereupon my name is called]

Contradiction with Romans 3:23

This verse states, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God," contradicting Jeremiah 34:15 where people are initially seen doing right by repenting and proclaiming liberty.

Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:20

"For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not," contradicts Jeremiah 34:15's implication of people doing right by repenting.

Ecclesiastes 7:20: For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Contradiction with Psalm 53:3

"Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one," contradicts the actions of setting free slaves as a righteous act in Jeremiah 34:15.

Psalm 53:3: Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6

"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags," contradicts the notion of the rightness of actions acknowledged in Jeremiah 34:15.

Isaiah 64:6: But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
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