Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 50:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 50:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 50:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, God is asking the people why they feel far away from Him and reminds them that it’s because of their own wrong actions and mistakes. He explains that they can't blame others for their troubles, because it’s their choices that have caused the problems.

Isaiah 50:1: Thus saith the LORD, Where [is] the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors [is it] to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 3:8

This verse explains how God gave Israel a bill of divorce for their unfaithfulness, suggesting God indeed issued a form of separation contrary to Isaiah 50:1 where it suggests no such bill of divorcement exists.

Jeremiah 3:8: And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

Contradiction with Hosea 2:2

This verse contradicts Isaiah 50:1 by implying a form of disownment or separation through the demand for Israel to put away her adulteries, contrasting with the notion of no divorce.

Hosea 2:2: Plead with your mother, plead: for she [is] not my wife, neither [am] I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

Paradox #1

The contradiction or conflict in this context could arise from the fact that Isaiah 50:1 mentions a metaphorical "certificate of divorce" and "creditors," yet historically, Israel's exile was not due to literal divorce or financial debt. Instead, it was because of their disobedience and breaking of their covenant with God. This metaphor might seem inconsistent if taken literally instead of being understood as a symbolic expression.

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