Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 3:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 3:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 3:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the prophet Jeremiah, God wants people to say sorry for doing wrong things, like not listening to Him and following others instead. God loves them and wants them to come back and obey Him.

Jeremiah 3:13: Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with 1 John 1:8

While Jeremiah 3:13 asks for the acknowledgment of guilt, 1 John 1:8 suggests instead that claiming sinlessness is self-deceptive, contradicting the idea of recognition without a contrasting perpetual state of acknowledgment.

1 John 1:8: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Contradiction with Proverbs 28:13

Jeremiah 3:13 encourages confession, but Proverbs 28:13 adds that prospering comes through confessing and forsaking sins, a requirement not explicitly stated in Jeremiah.

Proverbs 28:13: He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.

Contradiction with Micah 7:18

Whereas Jeremiah 3:13 calls for the admission of sin and rebellion, Micah 7:18 emphasizes God's pardoning nature that doesn't always depend on confession from the transgressor.

Micah 7:18: Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth [in] mercy.

Contradiction with Romans 3:23-24

This passage presents universal sinfulness and subsequent grace through faith, suggesting an overarching need for divine grace not indicated as per individual confession in Jeremiah 3:13.

Romans 3:23-24: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Contradiction with Psalm 103:12

Jeremiah 3:13 stresses the act of admitting sin, but Psalm 103:12 offers the perspective that God removes our transgressions as far as east is from west, indicating divine action over human confession.

Psalm 103:12: As far as the east is from the west, [so] far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
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