Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 46:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 46:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 46:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, God is telling people who have done wrong to remember what He has done and to think about it carefully. He wants them to stop doing bad things and to act in the right way.

Isaiah 46:8: Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring [it] again to mind, O ye transgressors.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

This verse advises to trust in the Lord with all your heart and not rely on your own understanding, whereas Isaiah 46:8 calls people to remember and acknowledge their own transgressions, implying a reflection on personal understanding.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

States that the heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure, contrasting Isaiah 46:8 which encourages reflecting on the heart and transgressions, suggesting a possibility of insight from the heart.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 8:2

Suggests that if anyone thinks they know something, they do not yet know as they should, contrasting with Isaiah 46:8's call to remember and assert one's transgressions.

1 Corinthians 8:2: And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 12:10

Paul talks about taking pleasure in weaknesses, whereas Isaiah 46:8 encourages remembering and confronting former transgressions, implying a more introspective or corrective approach.

2 Corinthians 12:10: Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
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