Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 49:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 49:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 49:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, this verse shows a time when God's people feel sad and lonely because they lost their family. But then they are surprised to see so many new people around them, like a big happy surprise family from God.

Isaiah 49:21: Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where [had] they [been]?

Contradiction with Genesis 13:16

God's promise to Abraham is that his descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth, promising abundance rather than the barrenness implied in Isaiah 49:21.

Genesis 13:16: And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, [then] shall thy seed also be numbered.

Contradiction with Psalm 127:3-5

This verse highlights children as a heritage and reward from God, a blessing rather than a source of bewilderment and loneliness as expressed in Isaiah 49:21.

Psalm 127:3-5: Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 29:6

Encourages the growth of families through marriage and childbirth, in contrast to the feeling of desolation and barrenness suggested in Isaiah 49:21.

Jeremiah 29:6: Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 36:37-38

Speaks of multiplying the people like a flock, suggesting prosperity and increase contrary to the shock and barrenness in Isaiah 49:21.

Ezekiel 36:37-38: Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet [for] this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do [it] for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

Contradiction with Zechariah 8:4-5

Describes a vision of children playing in the streets of a prosperous Jerusalem, opposing the deserted, childless imagery in Isaiah 49:21.

Zechariah 8:4-5: Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. [very...: Heb. multitude of days]
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