Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 27:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 27:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 27:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, God's special city will become empty and quiet, like a deserted field where only a baby cow eats and rests. This shows that if people don't listen to God, they might lose the things they cherish.

Isaiah 27:10: Yet the defenced city [shall be] desolate, [and] the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

Contradiction with Isaiah 35:1

Isaiah 35:1 speaks of wilderness and solitary places being glad and blossoming, in contrast to Isaiah 27:10 where the defensed city is desolate and forsaken.

Isaiah 35:1: The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 33:12

This verse describes places again inhabited by shepherds and their flocks, which contradicts Isaiah 27:10's depiction of a forsaken and desolate land.

Jeremiah 33:12: Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing [their] flocks to lie down.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 36:35

In this verse, the desolate land is likened to the Garden of Eden, contradicting Isaiah 27:10 where the city is empty and laid waste.

Ezekiel 36:35: And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities [are become] fenced, [and] are inhabited.

Contradiction with Zechariah 8:3

Describes Jerusalem as a city of truth filled with people, opposing the desolate city of Isaiah 27:10.

Zechariah 8:3: Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.

Contradiction with Revelation 21:2

Talks about the New Jerusalem descending from heaven, a vibrant and populated city, in contrast to the desolation of Isaiah 27:10.

Revelation 21:2: And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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