Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 37:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 37:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 37:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the prophet Jeremiah, God is telling the people that a group called the Chaldeans will return to attack their city, win the fight, and set the city on fire. This is a warning for the people to listen to God and change their ways.

Jeremiah 37:8: And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 21:9

This verse suggests that those who go out to the Chaldeans shall live, while Jeremiah 37:8 speaks of the Chaldeans fighting against and capturing cities.

Jeremiah 21:9: He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 25:12

This verse foretells the punishment of the king of Babylon after seventy years, contradicting the seemingly immediate dominance of the Chaldeans in Jeremiah 37:8.

Jeremiah 25:12: And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, [that] I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. [punish: Heb. visit upon]

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