Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 1:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 1:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 1:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, the people are behaving very badly and making God very sad and angry because they have turned away from Him. Isaiah wants them to understand that they need to change their ways and come back to God.

Isaiah 1:4: Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. [laden: Heb. of heaviness] [gone...: Heb. alienated, or, separated]

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:18

This verse invites reasoning and offers forgiveness, emphasizing redemption rather than corruption.

Isaiah 1:18: Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:21

This verse promises that the wicked can turn away from sins and live, contrasting the notion of being irrevocably laden with iniquity.

Ezekiel 18:21: But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Contradiction with Matthew 11:28

This verse offers rest to those who labor and are heavy laden, contradicting the description of being burdened by iniquity without hope.

Matthew 11:28: Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Contradiction with John 3:17

This verse states that God sent His Son not to condemn the world, but to save it, differing from the tone of judgment in Isaiah 1:4.

John 3:17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Contradiction with 2 Peter 3:9

This verse indicates that God is patient and desires all to come to repentance, opposing the notion of a completely sinful nation without redemption.

2 Peter 3:9: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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