Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 6:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 6:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 6:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God is telling people to wake up and get ready to fight against a city at night because something bad is going to happen to it. This shows how serious things are and that God's warnings are important.

Jeremiah 6:5: Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:8

Jeremiah 6:5 encourages an action of warfare ("arise, and let us go by night"), whereas Ecclesiastes 3:8 states there is a time for peace, suggesting a contradiction in timing for war versus peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:8: A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:9

Jeremiah 6:5 suggests taking part in conflict, while Matthew 5:9 blesses peacemakers, creating a contrast between engaging in battle versus seeking peace.

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

Contradiction with Romans 12:18

Encourages living peaceably with all men, while Jeremiah 6:5 incites going to war, presenting a contradiction between peaceful living and engaging in conflict.

Romans 12:18: If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

Contradiction with Isaiah 2:4

Speaks of beating swords into plowshares and not learning war anymore, contrary to the call for preparing for battle in Jeremiah 6:5.

Isaiah 2:4: And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. [pruninghooks: or, scythes]

Contradiction with James 4:1-2

Highlights the negative origins of wars and fights from desires, differing from the directive to engage in battle found in Jeremiah 6:5.

James 4:1-2: From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members? [fightings: or, brawlings] [lusts: or, pleasures]
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