Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 1:1

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

According to Isaiah, this message is something he saw from God about the people and city of Judah, during the time when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings. It's like when someone has a picture in their mind about what will happen, and he needs to tell that to the people.

Isaiah 1:1: The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 23:21

Contradicts because Isaiah 1:1 speaks of a direct vision from God, while Jeremiah questions the legitimacy of those who claim to speak for God without being sent by Him.

Jeremiah 23:21: I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 22:22

Contradicts by showing that a lying spirit can be sent to prophets, questioning the reliability of prophetic visions.

1 Kings 22:22: And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade [him], and prevail also: go forth, and do so.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 18:22

Contradicts by implying that a prophet's truth is determined by the fulfillment of their prophecies, not just the vision itself.

Deuteronomy 18:22: When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that [is] the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, [but] the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 13:6

Contradicts by condemning false visions from those claiming to speak God's words.

Ezekiel 13:6: They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made [others] to hope that they would confirm the word.

Contradiction with 2 Peter 1:20-21

Contradicts by emphasizing that prophecy is not of personal interpretation, suggesting careful discernment of visions.

2 Peter 1:20-21: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
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