Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 36:25

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 36:25 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 36:25. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah asked the king not to burn the special scroll with important words from God, but the king didn't listen to them. The king decided to go ahead and burn it anyway.

Jeremiah 36:25: Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.

Contradiction with Exodus 32:26-28

Unlike Jeremiah 36:25, which shows an attempt to spare the scroll, these verses depict immediate and violent action taken against disobedience to God's commands.

Exodus 32:26-28: Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who [is] on the LORD'S side? [let him come] unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.

Contradiction with Jonah 3:4-10

Contradicts as Nineveh repents at the warning of God's word, whereas in Jeremiah 36:25, warnings from God's word are disregarded.

Jonah 3:4-10: And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

Contradiction with Acts 2:37

Here, people are pricked in their hearts and respond to the message positively, while in Jeremiah 36:25, despite hearing the message, the response was to ignore and dismiss it.

Acts 2:37: Now when they heard [this], they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men [and] brethren, what shall we do?

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:11

This verse claims God's word achieves its purpose, contrasting with Jeremiah 36:25, where the word was not heeded.

Isaiah 55:11: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper [in the thing] whereto I sent it.
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