Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 28:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 28:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 28:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, this verse means that the people have been behaving very badly and everything around them is messy and dirty, with no clean space left. It shows that they need to change their ways and listen to God to make things better.

Isaiah 28:8: For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness, [so that there is] no place [clean].

Contradiction with Proverbs 9:1-2

While Isaiah 28:8 suggests a scene of chaos and impurity with "tables are full of vomit and filthiness," Proverbs 9:1-2 presents a scene of order and wisdom as Wisdom has built her house and prepared a feast.

Proverbs 9:1-2: Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:25

Isaiah 28:8 depicts tables covered with filth, indicating lack and defilement, while Jeremiah 31:25 speaks of satisfying the weary soul and replenishing the sorrowful soul, suggesting abundance and cleanliness.

Jeremiah 31:25: For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.

Contradiction with Psalm 23:5

Contrasting the overflowing filth in Isaiah 28:8, Psalm 23:5 describes a prepared table in the presence of enemies with a cup running over, indicating abundance and divine provision.

Psalm 23:5: Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. [anointest: Heb. makest fat]

Contradiction with Matthew 15:11

Isaiah 28:8 focuses on external defilement with filthiness on tables, whereas Matthew 15:11 emphasizes that what defiles a man comes not from external intake but from the words spoken from the heart.

Matthew 15:11: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
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