Contradictions and Paradoxes in Amos 7:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Amos 7:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Amos 7:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the prophet Amos, God showed him a vision where grasshoppers were going to eat up the new crops just after the king had taken his share. This vision meant that trouble was coming, and God was trying to show Amos something important about how to help His people.

Amos 7:1: Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, [it was] the latter growth after the king's mowings. [grasshoppers: or, green worms]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 29:11

Jeremiah 29:11 speaks of God's plans for peace and not disaster, whereas Amos 7:1 describes a vision of impending disaster through locusts, contrasting the nature of God's intentions.

Jeremiah 29:11: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. [expected...: Heb. end and expectation]

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8-9

These verses emphasize God's ways and thoughts being higher and distinct from human understanding, which could be seen as contradicting the depiction of God actively revealing harmful intentions through a vision in Amos 7:1.

Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with 2 Peter 3:9

This verse highlights God's patience and desire for all to come to repentance, potentially contradicting the swift and destructive action depicted in Amos 7:1.

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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