Contradictions and Paradoxes in Zechariah 5:2

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

According to Zechariah, this verse describes a big flying scroll, like a huge piece of paper, that is floating in the sky. Christians often understand it as a message from God that shows His ways and rules are important and have to be followed.

Zechariah 5:2: And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof [is] twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:16

While Zechariah 5:2 describes a flying roll, Jeremiah 10:16 speaks of God's creative power, emphasizing His uniqueness instead of envisioning a physical object like a flying roll.

Jeremiah 10:16: The portion of Jacob [is] not like them: for he [is] the former of all [things]; and Israel [is] the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts [is] his name.

Contradiction with Revelation 21:1

Zechariah 5:2's flying roll suggests something ominous, whereas Revelation 21:1 describes a new heaven and a new earth, offering a hopeful future without such foreboding visions.

Revelation 21:1: And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

Contradiction with Genesis 9:13

Zechariah 5:2 introduces a flying roll as a message or warning, while Genesis 9:13 discusses the rainbow as a divine promise and sign of peace, contrasting with the ominous nature of the flying roll.

Genesis 9:13: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 1:28

The vision in Zechariah 5:2 is of a flying roll which conveys a warning, contrasting with Ezekiel 1:28, where the vision of a rainbow is a symbol of the glory of God and His covenant.

Ezekiel 1:28: As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so [was] the appearance of the brightness round about. This [was] the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw [it], I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

Contradiction with John 1:14

Zechariah 5:2 focuses on a symbolic object conveying judgment, whereas John 1:14 emphasizes the Word becoming flesh, highlighting the incarnation and grace, not judgment.

John 1:14: And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
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