Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 3:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 3:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 3:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, good people who do the right things will be happy and enjoy good results from their actions. They will feel safe and be rewarded because they made good choices.

Isaiah 3:10: Say ye to the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Contradiction with Isaiah 3:11

While Isaiah 3:10 suggests it shall be well with the righteous, Isaiah 3:11 states, "Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him," presenting contrasting outcomes for different groups.

Isaiah 3:11: Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. [given...: Heb. done to him]

Contradiction with Job 21:7-9

These verses question why the wicked often live long lives and prosper, which seems to contradict the guaranteed well-being for the righteous implied in Isaiah 3:10.

Job 21:7-9: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

This verse notes that righteous people sometimes receive what the wicked deserve, contradicting Isaiah 3:10's assurance of good for the righteous.

Ecclesiastes 8:14: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

Contradiction with Psalm 73:3-12

Describes how the wicked prosper and remain at ease, which can seem to contradict the well-being of the righteous suggested in Isaiah 3:10.

Psalm 73:3-12: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1

Complains about the prosperity of the wicked, questioning the consistent favor for the righteous conveyed in Isaiah 3:10.

Jeremiah 12:1: Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously? [talk...: or, reason the case with thee]

Contradiction with Malachi 3:15

Indicates that evildoers prosper and those who challenge God often escape, contradicting the assured welfare of the righteous in Isaiah 3:10.

Malachi 3:15: And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered. [are set up: Heb. are built]
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