Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 2:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 2:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 2:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, God is sad with His people because they are following bad habits from other countries and trying to see the future like people who don't believe in Him. Instead of listening to God, they are making friends with people who don't love God.

Isaiah 2:6: Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and [are] soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. [from...: or, more than the] [please...: or, abound with the]

Contradiction with Exodus 19:5

Contradicts the notion in Isaiah 2:6 of Israel being forsaken due to foreign practices by emphasizing they are a chosen people when obedient.

Exodus 19:5: Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth [is] mine:

Contradiction with Romans 11:1

Paul argues that God has not cast away His people, contradicting the idea in Isaiah 2:6 of abandonment due to foreign influences.

Romans 11:1: I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, [of] the tribe of Benjamin.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 14:2

Asserts that Israel is a holy and special people to God, in contrast to Isaiah 2:6 where they are described as being forsaken.

Deuteronomy 14:2: For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that [are] upon the earth.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:37

Indicates that God will always preserve Israel, conflicting with the implication in Isaiah 2:6 of God’s rejection.

Jeremiah 31:37: Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 12:22

States that God will not forsake His people for His great name's sake, contradicting the message in Isaiah 2:6.

1 Samuel 12:22: For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
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