Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 52:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 52:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 52:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, God is telling the city of Jerusalem to wake up and be strong, putting on its best clothes, because soon only good and clean people will come there. It's like when you dress up nice because something special is going to happen.

Isaiah 52:1: Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

Contradiction with Joshua 9:23

While Isaiah 52:1 speaks of purity and being free from the unclean, Joshua 9:23 talks about a curse and being perpetual servants, which contradicts the idea of being liberated and holy.

Joshua 9:23: Now therefore ye [are] cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. [none...: Heb. not be cut off from you]

Contradiction with 1 Kings 11:5

Isaiah 52:1 calls for awakening and putting on beautiful garments, symbolizing holiness, whereas 1 Kings 11:5 refers to Solomon following Ashtoreth, leading to idolatry and impurity, opposing the purity called for in Isaiah.

1 Kings 11:5: For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. [Milcom: also called, Molech]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 2:13

Isaiah 52:1 emphasizes purity and restoration of Jerusalem, while Jeremiah 2:13 highlights the people's rebellion and forsaking God, opposing the state of purity and readiness.

Jeremiah 2:13: For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, [and] hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

Contradiction with Haggai 1:6

While Isaiah 52:1 speaks of awakening and renewal, Haggai 1:6 describes a scenario of futility and lack, directly contrasting the prosperity and readiness implied in Isaiah.

Haggai 1:6: Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag with holes. [with holes: Heb. pierced through]

Contradiction with Ezekiel 23:30

Isaiah 52:1 speaks of purity and adorning oneself for holiness, whereas Ezekiel 23:30 discusses punishment for defilement and lewdness, contradicting the idea of being clean and holy.

Ezekiel 23:30: I will do these [things] unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, [and] because thou art polluted with their idols.
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