Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 22:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 22:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 22:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, this city is busy and happy, but some people are not dying in a fight like they usually do. Instead, it seems like something is wrong because people are dying without a battle.

Isaiah 22:2: Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain [men are] not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:4

Isaiah 22:2 speaks of tumult and noise, whereas Ecclesiastes 3:4 declares there is a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, suggesting a more ordered balance rather than the unpredictable uproar described in Isaiah.

Ecclesiastes 3:4: A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Contradiction with Psalm 46:10

Isaiah 22:2 depicts chaos and uproar, while Psalm 46:10 advocates for stillness and acknowledgment of God's supremacy, contrasting the noisy and tumultuous scene in Isaiah.

Psalm 46:10: Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 4:11

Isaiah 22:2 describes a city full of noise and uproar, contradicting 1 Thessalonians 4:11, which encourages leading a quiet life and minding one's own business.

1 Thessalonians 4:11: And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
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