Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 4:26

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 4:26 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 4:26. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God was very angry, and He turned nice places and cities into empty and broken areas. It's like when a storm comes and makes everything messy because God was upset.

Jeremiah 4:26: I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place [was] a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, [and] by his fierce anger.

Contradiction with Genesis 1:31

Describes God's creation as very good, contradicting the desolation described in Jeremiah 4:26.

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 Isaiah 45:18

States that God created the earth to be inhabited, contrasting with the image of desolation.

Isaiah 45:18: For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I [am] the LORD; and [there is] none else.

Contradiction with Psalm 24:1

Declares the earth as belonging to the Lord, implying divine care rather than destruction.

Psalm 24:1: [A Psalm of David.] The earth [is] the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Contradiction with Genesis 8:21-22

Promises that God will not curse the ground again, opposing the depiction of desolation.

Genesis 8:21-22: And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart [is] evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. [a sweet...: Heb. a savour of rest or, satisfaction] [for the imagination: or, through the imagination]

Contradiction with Hebrews 11:3

Speaks of the worlds being framed by the word of God, suggesting purposeful creation instead of ruin.

Hebrews 11:3: Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
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