Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 44:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 44:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 44:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, a person cuts down big trees like cedar, cypress, and oak, and he plants an ash tree, which grows because the rain helps it. This shows how people use what God gives in nature and take care of it to make things grow.

Isaiah 44:14: He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish [it]. [strengtheneth: or, taketh courage]

Contradiction with Genesis 1:11

Contradicts by describing God as the creator of trees, whereas Isaiah 44:14 describes human actions related to planting and managing trees.

Genesis 1:11: And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. [grass: Heb. tender grass]

Contradiction with Psalm 104:16

Contradicts by emphasizing that it is God who waters and sustains the trees, not human effort as suggested in Isaiah 44:14.

Psalm 104:16: The trees of the LORD are full [of sap]; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

Contradiction with Matthew 6:28-29

Contradicts by highlighting how God clothes the grass and plants directly, contrasting human cultivation in Isaiah 44:14.

Matthew 6:28-29: And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 3:7

Contradicts by stating that neither the planter nor the waterer is significant, but God gives the increase, opposing the human-centered activity in Isaiah 44:14.

1 Corinthians 3:7: So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
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