Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 44:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 44:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 44:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, this verse is like a story about a builder who works really hard to make a statue that looks like a person to put in his house. Christians often see it as a way to show people using their skills to create things, but also to remember that God is the true creator of everything.

Isaiah 44:13: The carpenter stretcheth out [his] rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

Exodus 20:4 contradicts Isaiah 44:13 by prohibiting the making of any graven image or likeness of anything, suggesting the act described in Isaiah 44:13 is against God's command.

Exodus 20:4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 5:8

Deuteronomy 5:8 similarly forbids the creation of graven images or likenesses of anything, contrasting the detailed work of a carpenter in Isaiah 44:13.

Deuteronomy 5:8: Thou shalt not make thee [any] graven image, [or] any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the waters beneath the earth:

Contradiction with Acts 17:29

Acts 17:29 contradicts the idea of crafting God from materials, as it emphasizes the divine nature is not like gold, silver, or stone shaped by human art.

Acts 17:29: Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

Contradiction with Isaiah 40:18

Isaiah 40:18 presents the idea that no image can adequately represent God, which contradicts the crafting activity described in Isaiah 44:13.

Isaiah 40:18: To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:14

Jeremiah 10:14 highlights the foolishness of worshiping crafted images, contradicting the purposeful creation of such an image in Isaiah 44:13.

Jeremiah 10:14: Every man is brutish in [his] knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and [there is] no breath in them. [brutish in his knowledge: or, more brutish than to know]
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