Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 9:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 9:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 9:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the prophet Jeremiah, God is asking the people to bring women who are good at crying and mourning. This is because they need help to feel sad for the bad things happening and to ask for God's comfort.

Jeremiah 9:17: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning [women], that they may come:

Contradiction with Matthew 5:4

This verse contains the beatitude "Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted," which emphasizes comfort and blessing in mourning, contrasting the call for lamentation in Jeremiah 9:17.

Matthew 5:4: Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 5:16

This verse commands to "Rejoice evermore," presenting a contradiction to the call for wailing and lamentation in Jeremiah 9:17.

1 Thessalonians 5:16: Rejoice evermore.

Contradiction with Psalm 30:11

This verse states, "Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing," which focuses on the transformation from sorrow to joy, conflicting with the directive to mourn in Jeremiah 9:17.

Psalm 30:11: Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Contradiction with Revelation 21:4

This verse speaks of a time with "no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying," contrasting with the instruction to take up a wailing in Jeremiah 9:17.

Revelation 21:4: And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
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