Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 14:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 14:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 14:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, this verse means that when a bad leader comes, even the place where people go when they die notices and gets ready to greet him. All the important people and kings who have already died stand up because they know something big is happening.

Isaiah 14:9: Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet [thee] at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, [even] all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. [Hell: or, The grave] [chief...: Heb. leaders, or, great goats]

Contradiction with Matthew 25:46

This verse discusses eternal punishment or life, contradicting Isaiah 14:9's depiction of Sheol as a stirred place which could imply a more active or temporary state.

Matthew 25:46: And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:5

States that the dead know nothing, which contradicts the depiction of the dead being aware and stirred in Isaiah 14:9.

Ecclesiastes 9:5: For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Contradiction with Job 14:12

Suggests that the dead do not rise until the heavens are no more, conflicting with the idea of activity in Sheol as presented in Isaiah 14:9.

Job 14:12: So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 5:8

Indicates being absent from the body is being present with the Lord, opposing the imagery of the dead in Sheol suggested by Isaiah 14:9.

2 Corinthians 5:8: We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Contradiction with Philippians 1:23

Expresses a desire to depart and be with Christ, which contrasts with the depiction of remaining in Sheol as in Isaiah 14:9.

Philippians 1:23: For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
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