Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 3:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 3:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 3:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, this verse talks about fancy clothes and things people wore a long time ago. It shows that people were very proud of their nice things, but God wanted them to care more about being good and kind.

Isaiah 3:23: The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.

Contradiction with Proverbs 31:30

This verse praises a woman's beauty and charm, which contrasts with Isaiah 3:23, where adornments are seen as vain and prideful.

Proverbs 31:30: Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

Contradiction with 1 Peter 3:3-4

While Isaiah 3:23 criticizes outward adornments, this passage emphasizes inner beauty, suggesting it is more valuable.

1 Peter 3:3-4: Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

Contradiction with 1 Timothy 2:9-10

Isaiah 3:23 mentions the removal of adornments as a consequence, whereas this verse advises modesty without rejecting adornments entirely.

1 Timothy 2:9-10: In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; [broided: or, plaited]

Contradiction with Song of Solomon 4:1

This verse admires and celebrates a woman’s adorned beauty, contrary to the negative connotation in Isaiah 3:23.

Song of Solomon 4:1: Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair [is] as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. [that...: or, that eat of, etc]
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