Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 43:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 43:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 43:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, Baruch is being blamed for making people go against the leaders and for putting them in danger of being taken by enemies to a place far away. This verse is about some people being afraid and accusing Baruch of trying to get them in trouble.

Jeremiah 43:3: But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:25

Jeremiah 7:25 mentions that prophets were sent continuously by God to guide the people, whereas Jeremiah 43:3 accuses Baruch of influencing Jeremiah falsely, implying skepticism towards prophetic guidance.

Jeremiah 7:25: Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending [them]:

Contradiction with Ezekiel 13:6

Ezekiel 13:6 condemns false prophets who claim false visions and divinations not from God, which contrasts with the accusation in Jeremiah 43:3 that Baruch is misleading Jeremiah for personal reasons.

Ezekiel 13:6: They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made [others] to hope that they would confirm the word.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 14:9

Ezekiel 14:9 states that when a prophet is deceived, God Himself has deceived that prophet, implying divine orchestration, in contrast to the human manipulation suggested in Jeremiah 43:3.

Ezekiel 14:9: And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

Contradiction with Numbers 23:19

Numbers 23:19 claims God is not a man that He should lie, which contradicts the implication in Jeremiah 43:3 that prophetic messages could be influenced by human schemes like those attributed to Baruch.

Numbers 23:19: God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 18:20

Deuteronomy 18:20 decrees death for a prophet who speaks presumptuously, suggesting a severe consequence that doesn’t align with the idea of Jeremiah being deceitfully influenced by Baruch as stated in Jeremiah 43:3.

Deuteronomy 18:20: But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
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