Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 49:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 49:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 49:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God is warning the people living in Dedan to run away and hide because something bad is going to happen to Esau's family. He is telling them this so they can be safe when it happens.

Jeremiah 49:8: Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time [that] I will visit him. [turn...: or, they are turned back]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 48:47

This verse speaks about the restoration of Moab, which contradicts the permanent desolation implied in Jeremiah 49:8 for Edom.

Jeremiah 48:47: Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far [is] the judgment of Moab.

Contradiction with Obadiah 1:18

This verse foretells the complete destruction of the house of Esau with no survivors, contrasting the idea of fleeing to survive in Jeremiah 49:8.

Obadiah 1:18: And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be [any] remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken [it].
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