Contradictions and Paradoxes in Lamentations 5:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Lamentations 5:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Lamentations 5:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Lamentations, the people felt scared and in danger when trying to find food because there were threats and enemies around. They had to be very careful and brave just to get something to eat.

Lamentations 5:9: We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:31-32

These verses suggest not to worry about food, as God will provide, contradicting the need for risking lives for bread as depicted in Lamentations 5:9.

Matthew 6:31-32: Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

Contradiction with Psalm 23:1

This verse indicates that the Lord is the shepherd who provides all needs, conflicting with the scarcity and risk described in Lamentations 5:9.

Psalm 23:1: [A Psalm of David.] The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want.

Contradiction with Philippians 4:19

Promises that God will supply all needs according to His riches, which opposes the danger and struggle for sustenance in Lamentations 5:9.

Philippians 4:19: But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Contradiction with Matthew 4:4

States that man shall not live by bread alone, but by God's words, suggesting a reliance on spiritual nourishment over physical, differing from the desperate pursuit of bread in Lamentations 5:9.

Matthew 4:4: But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
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