Contradiction with Lamentations 2:11
While Isaiah 32:12 advocates lamentation upon bosoms for the land, Lamentations 2:11 shows grief expressed through eyes, liver, and heart, indicating different physical expressions of mourning.
Lamentations 2:11: Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. [swoon: or, faint]
Contradiction with Ezekiel 24:16-17
Isaiah 32:12 suggests public mourning, but Ezekiel 24:16-17 instructs not to mourn or weep openly, encouraging private and restrained grief.
Ezekiel 24:16-17: Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down. [run down: Heb. go]
Contradiction with Matthew 5:4
Isaiah 32:12 portrays sorrow and lamentation for destruction, but Matthew 5:4 emphasizes that those who mourn will be comforted, suggesting a hopeful outcome from mourning.
Matthew 5:4: Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Contradiction with Isaiah 25:8
Isaiah 32:12 reflects sorrow for desolation, whereas Isaiah 25:8 promises that tears and sorrow will be wiped away, indicating an end to lamentation.
Isaiah 25:8: He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken [it].
Contradiction with Revelation 21:4
While Isaiah 32:12 calls for mourning due to desolation, Revelation 21:4 depicts a future with no more mourning or crying, proposing a resolution to all sorrow.
Revelation 21:4: And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.