Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 36:19

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 36:19 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 36:19. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, this verse says that the gods of other places were not able to help their people when trouble came. It teaches that trusting in other gods is not the same as trusting in the one true God.

Isaiah 36:19: Where [are] the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where [are] the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

Contradiction with Exodus 20:3

This verse commands the worship of no gods other than the LORD, contradicting the acknowledgment of any other powers in Isaiah 36:19.

Exodus 20:3: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Contradiction with Isaiah 46:9

This verse declares that there is no other god like the LORD, opposing the notion of other gods having power as in Isaiah 36:19.

Isaiah 46:9: Remember the former things of old: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else; [I am] God, and [there is] none like me,

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 32:39

This verse states that there is no god besides the LORD, challenging the mention of other gods in Isaiah 36:19.

Deuteronomy 32:39: See now that I, [even] I, [am] he, and [there is] no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither [is there any] that can deliver out of my hand.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 8:4

This verse asserts that there is no other god but one, conflicting with the notion of other gods in Isaiah 36:19.

1 Corinthians 8:4: As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but one.
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