Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 44:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 44:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 44:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God is reminding the people about how naughty and disobedient they and their families have been in the past. He wants them to remember so they can stop making the same mistakes and choose to do good instead.

Jeremiah 44:9: Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? [wickedness...: Heb. wickednesses, or, punishments, etc]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:34

This verse speaks of God forgiving iniquity and remembering sin no more, which contrasts with Jeremiah 44:9, where past sins are not forgotten.

Jeremiah 31:34: And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Contradiction with Isaiah 43:25

God declares that He blots out transgressions and will not remember sins, contradicting the lingering remembrance of sins in Jeremiah 44:9.

Isaiah 43:25: I, [even] I, [am] he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:12

This verse emphasizes God's promise to be merciful and remember sins no more, contrary to the recollection of sins evident in Jeremiah 44:9.

Hebrews 8:12: For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

Contradiction with Psalm 103:12

Describes God removing transgressions as far as the east is from the west, which contradicts the idea of remembered wickedness in Jeremiah 44:9.

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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