Contradictions and Paradoxes in Lamentations 3:31

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Lamentations 3:31 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Lamentations 3:31. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God will not stay angry or leave us forever. He will forgive us and be close to us again.

Lamentations 3:31: For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

Contradiction with Job 10:1

This verse expresses Job's lament and complaint of a hopeless situation, contrasting the idea in Lamentations 3:31 that the Lord will not cast off forever.

Job 10:1: My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. [weary...: or, cut off while I live]

Contradiction with Psalm 77:7

This verse questions whether God will cast off forever, which contradicts the assurance in Lamentations 3:31 that He will not.

Psalm 77:7: Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

Contradiction with Isaiah 49:14

Zion laments feeling forsaken and forgotten by the Lord, which contradicts the assurance in Lamentations 3:31.

Isaiah 49:14: But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 14:19

This verse questions whether God has completely rejected Judah, contradicting the promise in Lamentations 3:31.

Jeremiah 14:19: Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and [there is] no healing for us? we looked for peace, and [there is] no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

Contradiction with Hosea 9:17

This verse speaks of God rejecting the people, seeming to contradict the hope expressed in Lamentations 3:31.

Hosea 9:17: My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

Contradiction with Malachi 1:3

God's statement of having hated Esau can be seen as a contradiction to Lamentations 3:31's message of not casting off forever.

Malachi 1:3: And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
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