Contradictions and Paradoxes in Lamentations 5:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Lamentations 5:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Lamentations 5:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Lamentations, people feel sad and upset because strangers have taken their land and homes. It’s like losing your favorite toy to someone you don’t know and feeling it’s not fair.

Lamentations 5:2: Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

Contradiction with Proverbs 13:22

This verse states that a good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, implying security and continuity across generations, which contradicts Lamentations 5:2 where inheritance is implied to be taken away by strangers.

Proverbs 13:22: A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.

Contradiction with Joel 3:2

This verse speaks of God judging those who have scattered Israel, implying eventual restoration and reclaiming of inheritance, which contradicts the loss of inheritance in Lamentations 5:2.

Joel 3:2: I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and [for] my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

Contradiction with Isaiah 54:3

This verse promises that the descendants of Israel will inherit nations and populate desolate cities, contradicting Lamentations 5:2 where the inheritance is occupied by strangers.

Isaiah 54:3: For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 37:25

This verse declares that the people shall dwell in the land given to Jacob, their ancestor, contradicting the idea of losing one's inheritance as stated in Lamentations 5:2.

Ezekiel 37:25: And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, [even] they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David [shall be] their prince for ever.
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