Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 8:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 8:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 8:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God is saying that in the future, the bones of important people from Jerusalem, like kings and priests, will be taken out of their graves. This means that bad things will happen to these people because they did not follow God.

Jeremiah 8:1: At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:

Contradiction with Exodus 20:12

Jeremiah 8:1 involves desecrating graves, which contradicts the command to honor parents.

Exodus 20:12: Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Contradiction with Numbers 19:16

Contact with graves causes impurity, contradicting with the exposure of bones in Jeremiah 8:1.

Numbers 19:16: And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 12:7

States that the spirit returns to God, while Jeremiah 8:1 highlights the physical remains.

Ecclesiastes 12:7: Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Contradiction with John 5:28-29

Speaks of a future resurrection, which contrasts with the exposure of bones as described in Jeremiah 8:1.

John 5:28-29: Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 15:42-44

Talks about resurrection unto glory, contrasting with the disregard for the dead in Jeremiah 8:1.

1 Corinthians 15:42-44: So also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
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