Contradictions and Paradoxes in Lamentations 2:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Lamentations 2:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Lamentations 2:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God was very angry with the people of Israel and took away their strength and protection. It's like when someone gets so angry, it feels like everything around them is burning up.

Lamentations 2:3: He hath cut off in [his] fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, [which] devoureth round about.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:3

This verse states that God has loved His people with an everlasting love, contrasting the idea of withdrawing His right hand as mentioned in Lamentations 2:3.

Jeremiah 31:3: The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, [saying], Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. [of...: Heb. from afar] [with lovingkindness...: have I extended lovingkindness unto thee]

Contradiction with Psalm 103:8-10

This passage describes God as merciful and gracious, slow to anger, contradicting the depiction of God's fierce anger in Lamentations 2:3.

Psalm 103:8-10: The LORD [is] merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. [plentious...: Heb. great in mercy]

Contradiction with Lamentations 3:22-23

It states that the Lord's mercies are not consumed and are new every morning, which contradicts the depiction of wrath in Lamentations 2:3.

Lamentations 3:22-23: [It is of] the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

Contradiction with Isaiah 54:10

Here, it is stated that God's kindness shall not depart, nor His covenant of peace be removed, contrasting the act of withdrawing mentioned in Lamentations 2:3.

Isaiah 54:10: For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 31:6

This verse promises that God will never leave nor forsake His people, opposing the withdrawal of support seen in Lamentations 2:3.

Deuteronomy 31:6: Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he [it is] that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
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