Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 43:7

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 43:7 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 43:7. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the book of Jeremiah, the people went to Egypt because they did not listen to God's voice. This means they disobeyed God by going to a place He didn't want them to go.

Jeremiah 43:7: So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they [even] to Tahpanhes.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 42:10

Jeremiah 42:10 indicates that God promised to build and not pull down the people if they stayed in the land, which contradicts Jeremiah 43:7 where they disobey God's command and go to Egypt.

Jeremiah 42:10: If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull [you] down, and I will plant you, and not pluck [you] up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 42:19

Jeremiah 42:19 explicitly warns the people not to go to Egypt, which they disobey in Jeremiah 43:7, thus contradicting the instruction given.

Jeremiah 42:19: The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. [admonished...: Heb. testified against you]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 44:12

Jeremiah 44:12 predicts disaster for those who went to Egypt, whereas Jeremiah 43:7 depicts their actual journey to Egypt, defying God's warning.

Jeremiah 44:12: And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, [and] fall in the land of Egypt; they shall [even] be consumed by the sword [and] by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, [and] an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
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