Contradictions and Paradoxes in Zechariah 5:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Zechariah 5:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Zechariah 5:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Zechariah, this verse is like a story about seeing a big flying scroll or book in the sky. It's something special and important because it shows that God has a message for everyone to know and follow.

Zechariah 5:1: Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.

Contradiction with Isaiah 30:8

While Zechariah 5:1 mentions a flying roll, Isaiah 30:8 refers to a written record on a tablet which is not flying, suggesting a more stationary and permanent form of recording.

Isaiah 30:8: Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: [the...: Heb. the latter day]

Contradiction with Habakkuk 2:2

Zechariah 5:1 depicts a flying roll, a divine vision, whereas Habakkuk 2:2 emphasizes writing clearly on tablets, focusing on clarity and permanency rather than an ethereal, flying form.

Habakkuk 2:2: And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make [it] plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 31:26

Zechariah's flying roll indicates a mysterious vision, while Deuteronomy 31:26 puts God's law in a tangible, stationary form inside the ark, emphasizing permanence and grounding compared to a flying object.

Deuteronomy 31:26: Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 3:3

Zechariah 5:1 describes a literal flying scroll symbolizing judgment, contrasted with 2 Corinthians 3:3 which describes God's laws written on hearts, emphasizing an internal and spiritual message rather than a physical, external symbol.

2 Corinthians 3:3: [Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
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