Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 29:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 29:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 29:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, God is saying that soon, a place called Lebanon will change from being empty to being full of good plants and trees, like a big, beautiful garden. It will be so full and rich that it will look like a thick forest.

Isaiah 29:17: [Is] it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

Contradiction with Jeremiah 4:23

While Isaiah 29:17 speaks of transformation and positive change in the land, Jeremiah 4:23 describes a vision of the earth as waste and void, indicating destruction and desolation.

Jeremiah 4:23: I beheld the earth, and, lo, [it was] without form, and void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light.

Contradiction with Micah 7:13

Isaiah 29:17 suggests a fruitful transformation, but Micah 7:13 speaks of the earth becoming desolate because of the sins of its inhabitants.

Micah 7:13: Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. [Notwithstanding: or, After that it hath been]

Contradiction with Ezekiel 6:14

Contrasting with the transformation of Lebanon into a fruitful field in Isaiah 29:17, Ezekiel 6:14 describes the land laid waste and desolate, highlighting destruction.

Ezekiel 6:14: So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I [am] the LORD. [more...: or, desolate from the wilderness]

Contradiction with Joel 1:10

While Isaiah 29:17 talks about the transformation of the landscape for the better, Joel 1:10 mentions the mourning of the land due to destruction of resources.

Joel 1:10: The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
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