Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 1:30

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 1:30 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 1:30. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the prophet Isaiah, Christians understand this verse to mean that people who turn away from God are like trees without water, and they will slowly lose their goodness and strength. Just like dry leaves fall off or a garden without water can't grow, people need God to stay strong and happy.

Isaiah 1:30: For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:7-8

Contradicts Isaiah 1:30 by portraying a person who trusts in the Lord as being like a well-watered tree, flourishing and bearing fruit even in times of drought, unlike the withering oak in Isaiah 1:30.

Jeremiah 17:7-8: Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

Contradiction with Psalm 1:3

Suggests that the righteous will be like a tree planted by rivers of water, which brings forth fruit in its season and whose leaf does not wither, opposing the image of the withering oak in Isaiah 1:30.

Psalm 1:3: And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. [wither: Heb. fade]

Contradiction with Ezekiel 17:24

Depicts the Lord as able to make the dry tree flourish and the green tree wither, emphasizing divine power to reverse conditions, thus contrasting with the outcome for the tree in Isaiah 1:30.

Ezekiel 17:24: And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done [it].

Contradiction with Jeremiah 11:16-17

Describes the Lord breaking off branches of a once fair and fruitful olive tree due to spiritual corruption, which parallels but also contradicts the withering due to unfruitfulness mentioned in Isaiah 1:30.

Jeremiah 11:16-17: The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, [and] of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
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