Contradiction with Deuteronomy 11:14
This verse promises rain for the land in its due season, ensuring the growth of crops, which contradicts Deuteronomy 28:23's curse of the sky as brass and the ground as iron, indicating a lack of rain.
Deuteronomy 11:14: That I will give [you] the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
Contradiction with 1 Kings 8:35-36
These verses suggest that rain will be withheld due to sin and will be restored upon repentance, which implies rain can be given again, contrasting the permanent curse mentioned in Deuteronomy 28:23.
1 Kings 8:35-36: When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
Contradiction with Job 5:10
This verse states that God gives rain upon the earth and sends waters upon the fields, which contradicts Deuteronomy 28:23's implication of a lack of rain as a form of curse.
Job 5:10: Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: [fields: Heb. outplaces]
Contradiction with Isaiah 55:10
This verse describes how rain and snow water the earth, making it bring forth and bud, which contrasts the description in Deuteronomy 28:23 where the heaven is like brass and the earth like iron.
Isaiah 55:10: For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
Contradiction with Zechariah 10:1
This verse encourages asking the Lord for rain in the time of the latter rain, implying that God will provide rain, which contradicts the permanent lack of rain depicted in Deuteronomy 28:23.
Zechariah 10:1: Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; [so] the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. [bright...: or, lightnings]
Paradox #1
The contradiction in that context could be the harshness of divine punishment and how it aligns with the idea of a loving and merciful God. It raises questions about justice and mercy.