Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 1:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 1:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 1:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, this verse means that people are like someone who is very sick, with lots of cuts and bruises all over their body. It's saying that they need help and healing because they're not taking care of their problems.

Isaiah 1:6: From the sole of the foot even unto the head [there is] no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. [ointment: or, oil]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 8:22

Isaiah 1:6 speaks of wounds with no healing, while this verse questions why there is no healing for the wounds of the people, implying a possibility for healing.

Jeremiah 8:22: [Is there] no balm in Gilead; [is there] no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? [recovered: Heb. gone up?]

Contradiction with Matthew 9:12

Isaiah 1:6 describes a fully sick body, but this verse acknowledges that those who are sick can find healing through Jesus.

Matthew 9:12: But when Jesus heard [that], he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

Contradiction with Luke 4:18

Isaiah 1:6 discusses incurable wounds, whereas this verse shows a promise of healing and recovery for the oppressed and brokenhearted.

Luke 4:18: The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

Contradiction with 1 Peter 2:24

Isaiah 1:6 presents a grim picture of untreated wounds, yet this verse offers hope through Christ’s suffering, indicating healing is available.

1 Peter 2:24: Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. [on: or, to]
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