Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 6:29

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 6:29 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 6:29. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God is saying that even though people try really hard to get rid of bad things, it doesn't work because the bad people are still there. It’s like trying to clean something and it just won’t get clean.

Jeremiah 6:29: The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

Contradiction with Job 23:10

This verse describes God knowing the way and refining individuals like gold, indicating a positive refinement, whereas Jeremiah 6:29 suggests a fruitless refining process with no one being purified.

Job 23:10: But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. [that...: Heb. that is with me]

Contradiction with Proverbs 17:3

Here, refining is portrayed as a means of testing hearts, suggesting a successful outcome in the purification process, unlike the failures depicted in Jeremiah 6:29.

Proverbs 17:3: The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

Contradiction with Malachi 3:3

This verse speaks of a refiner purifying the sons of Levi, suggesting successful purification, contrasting with the unsuccessful refining depicted in Jeremiah 6:29.

Malachi 3:3: And he shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
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