Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 49:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 49:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 49:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, God promises that after people feel sad because they lost something or someone, they will have new happiness and many children who will say their home is too small. This means God will bless them so much that they will need more space for all the good things He gives them.

Isaiah 49:20: The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place [is] too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

Contradiction with Isaiah 54:1

Isaiah 54:1 speaks of the barren woman being more fruitful, which contrasts with Isaiah 49:20's theme of being constrained by children due to surplus.

Isaiah 54:1: Sing, O barren, thou [that] didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou [that] didst not travail with child: for more [are] the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with Job 3:11-13

Job laments his birth and existence, opposite to the joy implied in Isaiah 49:20 with children crowding.

Job 3:11-13: Why died I not from the womb? [why] did I [not] give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 4:3

This verse suggests that those not yet born are better off than the living, contradicting the idea of multiple offspring being a blessing in Isaiah 49:20.

Ecclesiastes 4:3: Yea, better [is he] than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 16:2-4

Here, having children is portrayed negatively due to impending suffering, unlike Isaiah 49:20 which implies prosperity with many offspring.

Jeremiah 16:2-4: Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.

Contradiction with Hosea 9:11-12

These verses describe the destruction and loss of children as a curse, which contrasts with the abundance and life described in Isaiah 49:20.

Hosea 9:11-12: [As for] Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
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