Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 48:38

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 48:38 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 48:38. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God says that everyone in Moab will be very sad and crying loudly because He has made Moab feel like a broken pot that no one wants anymore.

Jeremiah 48:38: [There shall be] lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with Genesis 1:31

This verse speaks of God seeing everything He made as very good, contrasting with the sorrow and lamentation in Jeremiah 48:38.

Genesis 1:31: And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. [And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.]

Contradiction with Psalm 30:11

This verse talks about turning mourning into dancing, in contrast to the lamentation and mourning expressed in Jeremiah 48:38.

Psalm 30:11: Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Contradiction with Isaiah 61:3

Speaks of a promise of consolation and joy, in contrast with the weeping and wailing described in Jeremiah 48:38.

Isaiah 61:3: To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

Contradiction with Revelation 21:4

Describes a future where God wipes away tears, contrasting the grief shown in Jeremiah 48:38.

Revelation 21:4: And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
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