Contradictions and Paradoxes in Lamentations 2:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Lamentations 2:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Lamentations 2:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, this verse means that the people are very sad and are asking God to see how they are crying all the time. They want God to notice their tears and help them, like a caring parent.

Lamentations 2:18: Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.

Contradiction with Philippians 4:4

While Lamentations 2:18 talks about mourning, Philippians 4:4 encourages rejoicing.

Philippians 4:4: Rejoice in the Lord alway: [and] again I say, Rejoice.

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 5:16

This verse calls believers to rejoice always, contrasting with the mourning in Lamentations 2:18.

1 Thessalonians 5:16: Rejoice evermore.

Contradiction with James 5:13

Instructs those who are cheerful to sing psalms, opposing the weeping and mourning in Lamentations 2:18.

James 5:13: Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

Contradiction with Psalm 30:5

Speaks of joy coming in the morning, which contrasts with the ongoing mourning in Lamentations 2:18.

Psalm 30:5: For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning. [his anger...: Heb. there is but a moment in his anger] [for a night: Heb. in the evening] [joy: Heb. singing]

Contradiction with Isaiah 61:3

Talks about giving beauty for ashes and joy for mourning, contrasting the lamenting in Lamentations 2:18.

Isaiah 61:3: To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
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