Contradictions and Paradoxes in Lamentations 2:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Lamentations 2:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Lamentations 2:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the prophet Jeremiah, this verse shows children asking their mothers for food and drink because they are very hungry and tired in the city. It paints a sad picture of how difficult things are for them and their families.

Lamentations 2:12: They say to their mothers, Where [is] corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.

Contradiction with Psalm 37:25

Describes righteous people not being forsaken or their children begging for bread.

Psalm 37:25: I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:26

Emphasizes God's provision for all, contrasting with the image of children in desperate need.

Matthew 6:26: Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Contradiction with Philippians 4:19

Speaks of God supplying all needs, contrasting with unmet needs depicted in Lamentations 2:12.

Philippians 4:19: But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Paradox #1

The verse shows a scene of suffering and the cries of children for food as they die in their mothers' arms. The moral conflict might arise from questioning why innocent children suffer and die, which raises questions about the nature of divine justice and compassion. Some might struggle with understanding how a loving and all-powerful deity allows such pain.

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