Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 9:19

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 9:19 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 9:19. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, the people are very sad and confused because their homes and land are gone. They feel this happened because they moved away from following God's ways.

Jeremiah 9:19: For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast [us] out.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:13

Jeremiah 31:13 speaks of turning mourning into joy and bringing comfort, whereas Jeremiah 9:19 describes mourning and the desolation of the land.

Jeremiah 31:13: Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

Contradiction with Isaiah 40:1-2

Isaiah 40:1-2 offers comfort to God's people and speaks of their iniquity being pardoned, which contradicts the mourning and wailing found in Jeremiah 9:19.

Isaiah 40:1-2: Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

Contradiction with Revelation 21:4

Revelation 21:4 promises that God will wipe away all tears and there will be no more mourning, contrasting with the weeping and lamentation in Jeremiah 9:19.

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.

Contradiction with Psalm 30:11

Psalm 30:11 describes turning mourning into dancing, which directly contradicts the lamentation and sorrow in Jeremiah 9:19.

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 Isaiah 35:10

Isaiah 35:10 describes everlasting joy and no sorrow or sighing, opposing the weeping in Jeremiah 9:19.

Isaiah 35:10: And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
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