Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 46:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 46:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 46:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, this verse teaches that the false gods Bel and Nebo cannot help people and are just heavy things that animals have to carry. It means that trusting in these idols is silly because they don't have real power like God does.

Isaiah 46:1: Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages [were] heavy loaden; [they are] a burden to the weary [beast].

Contradiction with Exodus 20:3

This verse commands the worship of no other gods, while Isaiah 46:1 mentions false gods Bel and Nebo being powerless and falling.

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

Contradiction with Isaiah 45:5

States there is no other God besides the Lord, contradicting Isaiah 46:1 which depicts false gods.

Isaiah 45:5: I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else, [there is] no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

Contradiction with Isaiah 44:6

Says there is no God besides the Lord, contradicting the existence of Bel and Nebo in Isaiah 46:1.

Isaiah 44:6: Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I [am] the first, and I [am] the last; and beside me [there is] no God.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 6:4

Affirms the Lord is one, in contrast to Isaiah 46:1 mentioning other gods like Bel and Nebo.

Deuteronomy 6:4: Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God [is] one LORD:

Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:11

Declares all other gods will perish, which is reflected in Isaiah 46:1 depicting the fall of Bel and Nebo.

Jeremiah 10:11: Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, [even] they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
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