Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 52:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 52:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 52:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, the people in the city had no food to eat because there was a big famine, which means a time when food is very hard to find. Everyone was very hungry because there was no bread left for them.

Jeremiah 52:6: And in the fourth month, in the ninth [day] of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 52:29

This verse states that there were 832 people taken in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, which might seem numerically inconsistent compared to the timeline of the famine described in Jeremiah 52:6.

Jeremiah 52:29: In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons: [persons: Heb. souls]

Contradiction with 2 Kings 25:3

Describes the ninth day of the fourth month, when the famine was severe in Jerusalem, similar to Jeremiah 52:6, but occurring at a slightly different point in the siege.

2 Kings 25:3: And on the ninth [day] of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 24:1-2

Speaks of the beginning of the siege with specific timing that might seem incongruent with the timing details found in Jeremiah 52:6.

Ezekiel 24:1-2: Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Paradox #1

Jeremiah 52:6 mentions the siege of Jerusalem leading to famine. A potential conflict could be that different biblical accounts, such as 2 Kings 25, also describe this event but with slight variations in details like timing or sequence of events. These differences might create inconsistencies when comparing the texts.

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