Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 47:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 47:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 47:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, God is telling the people of Babylon to be quiet and go into hiding because they will no longer be powerful and important. This means that their time of being in charge is over.

Isaiah 47:5: Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:14

This verse describes a city set on a hill that cannot be hidden, contrasting with Isaiah 47:5 which tells Babylon to sit in silence and darkness.

Matthew 5:14: Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

Contradiction with Isaiah 60:1

This verse calls for rising and shining because light has come, contradicting the call to sit in darkness in Isaiah 47:5.

Isaiah 60:1: Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. [shine...: or, be enlightened; for thy light cometh]

Contradiction with John 8:12

Jesus speaks of being the light of the world and that followers will not walk in darkness, which contrasts with the directive to sit in darkness in Isaiah 47:5.

John 8:12: Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 5:5

Believers are described as children of light and of the day, opposing the image of sitting in darkness from Isaiah 47:5.

1 Thessalonians 5:5: Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

Contradiction with Psalm 27:1

The Lord is mentioned as light and salvation, which opposes the notion of sitting in darkness as instructed in Isaiah 47:5.

Psalm 27:1: [[A Psalm] of David.] The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
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