Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 37:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 37:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 37:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, the king, his helpers, and the people didn't listen to God’s messages that were given through Jeremiah, His prophet. They chose not to pay attention to what God wanted to tell them.

Jeremiah 37:2: But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. [by...: Heb. by the hand of the prophet]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 42:6

While Jeremiah 37:2 indicates a lack of heeding God’s words, Jeremiah 42:6 expresses a commitment to obey whatever God commands.

Jeremiah 42:6: Whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 26:13

Jeremiah 26:13 demonstrates a call to correct behavior and avoid disaster, which opposed the disregard shown in Jeremiah 37:2.

Jeremiah 26:13: Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:24

Jeremiah 7:24 describes how the people did not obey but followed their own counsel, affirming the disobedience also seen in Jeremiah 37:2.

Jeremiah 7:24: But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels [and] in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. [imagination: or, stubbornness] [went: Heb. were]

Contradiction with Romans 2:13

Romans 2:13 emphasizes the importance of being doers of the law as opposed to just hearers, contrasting the disobedience in Jeremiah 37:2.

Romans 2:13: (For not the hearers of the law [are] just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

Contradiction with James 1:22

James 1:22 instructs believers to be doers of the word, directly opposing the non-compliance seen in Jeremiah 37:2.

James 1:22: But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:22

1 Samuel 15:22 highlights the value of obedience over sacrifice, in contrast to the disobedience depicted in Jeremiah 37:2.

1 Samuel 15:22: And Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 28:1-2

Deuteronomy 28:1-2 promises blessings for obedience, setting a contrast to the disregard seen in Jeremiah 37:2.

Deuteronomy 28:1-2: And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe [and] to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
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