Contradictions and Paradoxes in Amos 3:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Amos 3:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Amos 3:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Amos, God wants people in faraway places to pay attention and see the big troubles happening in another city. He wants them to understand how some people are being treated badly there.

Amos 3:9: Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof. [oppressed: or, oppressions]

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:32

While Amos 3:9 speaks of punishment due to sin, Ezekiel 18:32 emphasizes God's desire for everyone to turn and live, rather than face destruction.

Ezekiel 18:32: For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn [yourselves], and live ye. [yourselves: or, others]

Contradiction with John 3:17

Amos 3:9 pertains to the proclamation of judgment on Israel, whereas John 3:17 focuses on salvation, indicating that God sent His Son to save the world, not condemn it.

John 3:17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Contradiction with Isaiah 30:18

Amos 3:9 implies imminent judgment, but Isaiah 30:18 highlights that the Lord waits to be gracious and show mercy.

Isaiah 30:18: And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.

Contradiction with 2 Peter 3:9

Amos 3:9 is about calling witnesses against Israel's transgressions, while 2 Peter 3:9 reveals God's patience, not wanting any to perish but all to repent.

2 Peter 3:9: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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