Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 51:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 51:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 51:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, God is telling the people of Jerusalem to wake up and be strong again because they have experienced His anger and learned from their mistakes. It's like when you get in trouble and feel really sorry, but then you have a chance to do better.

Isaiah 51:17: Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, [and] wrung [them] out.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:24

Isaiah 51:17 describes awakening to the wrath of God, whereas Proverbs 3:24 speaks of peaceful sleep without fear.

Proverbs 3:24: When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Contradiction with Isaiah 40:1

Isaiah 51:17 depicts Jerusalem drinking from God's fury, while Isaiah 40:1 begins with a message of comfort to Jerusalem.

Isaiah 40:1: Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 5:9

Isaiah 51:17 implies suffering due to God's anger, but 1 Thessalonians 5:9 reassures believers that they are not appointed to wrath.

1 Thessalonians 5:9: For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

Contradiction with Psalm 4:8

While Isaiah 51:17 portrays God's judgment, Psalm 4:8 expresses confidence in sleeping peacefully with God's protection.

Psalm 4:8: I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

Contradiction with Lamentations 3:22

Unlike the portrayal of divine wrath in Isaiah 51:17, Lamentations 3:22 emphasizes God's enduring mercies that prevent consumption by His wrath.

Lamentations 3:22: [It is of] the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
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