Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 51:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 51:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 51:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the prophet Isaiah, God’s people will come back to Him, singing happy songs, and they will feel joy that lasts forever. All their sadness and crying will go away.

Isaiah 51:11: Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy [shall be] upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; [and] sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Contradiction with Job 3:25

Job speaks of fear and dread overtaking him, contrasting the joy and gladness promised in Isaiah 51:11.

Job 3:25: For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. [the thing...: Heb. I feared a fear, and it came upon me]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:14

Describes life as vanity and vexation of spirit, which contradicts the rejoicing and gladness in Isaiah 51:11.

Ecclesiastes 1:14: I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

Contradiction with Lamentations 3:19-20

Expresses continual grief and affliction, opposing the everlasting joy mentioned in Isaiah 51:11.

Lamentations 3:19-20: Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. [Remembering: or, Remember]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 20:18

Questions the purpose of life in sorrow, unlike the joy and gladness in Isaiah 51:11.

Jeremiah 20:18: Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Contradiction with Psalm 88:3-5

Filled with sorrow and approaching death, in contrast to the promises of joy in Isaiah 51:11.

Psalm 88:3-5: For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
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