Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 50:44

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 50:44 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 50:44. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God is speaking and saying that like a strong lion coming from the river, He will make the strong people run away. God is asking who is brave enough or powerful enough to challenge Him, because nobody is like Him.

Jeremiah 50:44: Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who [is] a chosen [man, that] I may appoint over her? for who [is] like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who [is] that shepherd that will stand before me? [appoint me...: or, convent me to plead?]

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:9

This verse describes God's ways and thoughts as higher than human ways, emphasizing divine reasoning over human understanding, whereas Jeremiah 50:44 highlights God's direct intervention like a lion, suggesting a more imminent, earthly portrayal of divine action.

Isaiah 55:9: For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:9

This verse promotes peacemakers as blessed and called children of God, in contrast to the imagery in Jeremiah 50:44 of God's powerful and aggressive intervention likened to a lion.

Matthew 5:9: Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Contradiction with 2 Peter 3:9

This verse emphasizes God's patience and reluctance for anyone to perish, which contradicts the decisive and immediate action of God depicted in Jeremiah 50:44.

2 Peter 3:9: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Contradiction with John 3:17

This verse articulates the mission of Christ as one of salvation rather than judgment, presenting a contradiction to the judgment and power displayed in Jeremiah 50:44.

John 3:17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Contradiction with James 1:17

This verse portrays God as the giver of every good and perfect gift, which contrasts with the depiction of destruction and judgment in Jeremiah 50:44.

James 1:17: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
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