Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 1:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 1:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 1:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, God saved a small group of people who were good, like keeping a little light shining in the dark. If He hadn't, everyone would have been as bad and destroyed like the cities called Sodom and Gomorrah.

Isaiah 1:9: Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, [and] we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 28:62

This verse talks about being left in few in number due to disobedience, whereas Isaiah 1:9 emphasizes the remnant that is spared.

Deuteronomy 28:62: And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.

Contradiction with Romans 9:27

This verse mentions that only a remnant shall be saved, in contrast to Isaiah 1:9 which suggests the need for a spared remnant for survival.

Romans 9:27: Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

Contradiction with Jeremiah 15:6

This verse describes God as weary of relenting and ready to destroy, opposite to Isaiah 1:9 where destruction is spared by God’s mercy.

Jeremiah 15:6: Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
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