Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 52:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 52:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 52:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, God is saying that a long time ago, His people went to live in Egypt, and then the Assyrian people treated them badly for no good reason. This shows how God's people faced hard times and were unfairly treated.

Isaiah 52:4: For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

Contradiction with Isaiah 52:3

This verse speaks about redemption without money, which could contradict the idea of being oppressed and sold as described in Isaiah 52:4.

Isaiah 52:3: For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 5:19

This verse suggests that the people’s servitude is a consequence of their own actions, which may contradict the more passive narrative of being oppressed as in Isaiah 52:4.

Jeremiah 5:19: And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these [things] unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land [that is] not yours.

Contradiction with Exodus 1:11

The verse discusses the Israelites being put into slavery in Egypt, expanding on the oppression idea but suggesting an intensification beyond immediate oppression.

Exodus 1:11: Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 23:8

This implies a willingness to engage with oppressors, contrasting with the victimhood described in Isaiah 52:4.

Ezekiel 23:8: Neither left she her whoredoms [brought] from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.
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