Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 37:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 37:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 37:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, the king secretly asked him if God had anything to say. Jeremiah told the king that God said he would be captured by the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 37:17: Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there [any] word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:29

God is not a man that he should change his mind, yet Jeremiah 37:17 suggests dialogue with an ever-responsive God.

1 Samuel 15:29: And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he [is] not a man, that he should repent. [Strength: or, Eternity, or, Victory]

Contradiction with Job 23:8-9

Job suggests God's silence, contrasting with Jeremiah 37:17 where direct questioning occurs.

Job 23:8-9: Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

Contradiction with 2 Kings 6:33

Blames the Lord for calamity, opposing Jeremiah 37:17 where Zedekiah seeks prophetic clarity.

2 Kings 6:33: And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil [is] of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?

Contradiction with Lamentations 5:20

Questions God's perpetual forgetting, opposed to Jeremiah 37:17's immediate prophetic dialogue.

Lamentations 5:20: Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time? [so...: Heb. for length of days?]

Contradiction with Isaiah 59:1-2

Describes God's distance due to iniquities, unlike Jeremiah 37:17's direct communication.

Isaiah 59:1-2: Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

Contradiction with Habakkuk 1:2

Expresses unanswered prayers, contrasting with the inquiry and response in Jeremiah 37:17.

Habakkuk 1:2: O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! [even] cry out unto thee [of] violence, and thou wilt not save!

Contradiction with James 4:3

Speaks of unanswered prayers due to wrong motives, whereas Jeremiah 37:17 records a king's inquiry and a prophet's response.

James 4:3: Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts. [lusts: or, pleasures]
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