Contradictions and Paradoxes in Lamentations 3:22

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Lamentations 3:22 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Lamentations 3:22. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Lamentations, Jeremiah, God is very kind and takes care of us, so we are not in trouble. God never stops being loving and caring.

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

Contradiction with Genesis 6:6

Describes God expressing regret for making humans, suggesting a limit to His mercy, in contrast to the unfailing mercy in Lamentations 3:22.

Genesis 6:6: And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Contradiction with Exodus 32:14

States that the Lord repented of the evil which He thought to do unto His people, contrasting with the consistent mercy in Lamentations 3:22.

Exodus 32:14: And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:35

Notes the Lord repented that he made Saul king, implying changeability, opposed to the enduring mercy expressed in Lamentations 3:22.

1 Samuel 15:35: And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 15:6

Declares the Lord is wearied of repenting, suggesting a cessation of mercy, contrary to the enduring mercy in Lamentations 3:22.

Jeremiah 15:6: Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.

Contradiction with Hosea 9:15

Indicates God will love them no more due to wickedness, contrasting with the continuous mercy asserted in Lamentations 3:22.

Hosea 9:15: All their wickedness [is] in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes [are] revolters.

Contradiction with Zephaniah 2:2

Speaks of God's fierce anger and wrath, implying limits to mercy, unlike the portrayal in Lamentations 3:22.

Zephaniah 2:2: Before the decree bring forth, [before] the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.

Contradiction with Malachi 1:4

God expresses indignation forever, which contrasts with the enduring mercy noted in Lamentations 3:22.

Malachi 1:4: Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
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