Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 1:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 1:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 1:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, being good means helping others who need it. This includes being fair, helping people who are treated unfairly, and caring for children without parents and women who have lost their husbands.

Isaiah 1:17: Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. [relieve: or, righten]

Contradiction with Proverbs 28:27

This verse suggests that ignoring the poor will result in curses, contradicting the advocacy in Isaiah 1:17 to take care of the needy.

Proverbs 28:27: He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:3

This verse commands the complete destruction of a people, which conflicts with the call for justice and aid to the oppressed in Isaiah 1:17.

1 Samuel 15:3: Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

Contradiction with Matthew 10:34

Jesus states He came not to bring peace but a sword, contrasting Isaiah 1:17's theme of seeking justice and peace.

Matthew 10:34: Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:2

This verse instructs to make no treaty with certain nations, contrasting Isaiah 1:17's exhortation to reason and justice.

Deuteronomy 7:2: And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

Contradiction with Exodus 15:3

Describes the Lord as a man of war, conflicting with the directive in Isaiah 1:17 to promote peace and justice.

Exodus 15:3: The LORD [is] a man of war: the LORD [is] his name.
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