Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 55:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 55:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 55:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, just like rain and snow come down from the sky to make plants grow and give us food, God's words come down to help us grow and be good people. They do not come back without doing something important, just like the rain and snow.

Isaiah 55:10: For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

Contradiction with Isaiah 17:13

While Isaiah 55:10 speaks of the certainty and purpose of the rain and snow watering the earth, Isaiah 17:13 describes nations roaring like great waters, suggesting chaos rather than order.

Isaiah 17:13: The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but [God] shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. [a rolling...: or, thistledown]

Contradiction with Job 38:28-30

These verses describe ice and frost stopping water instead of its nourishing effect, contrasting with the life-giving description in Isaiah 55:10.

Job 38:28-30: Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

Contradiction with Jeremiah 14:4

This verse depicts the failure of rain leading to a drought, contradicting the assurance of rain fulfilling its purpose in Isaiah 55:10.

Jeremiah 14:4: Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

Contradiction with Amos 4:7

God withholding rain from certain places contrasts with Isaiah 55:10 where rain fulfills its purpose of watering the earth.

Amos 4:7: And also I have withholden the rain from you, when [there were] yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

Contradiction with Haggai 1:10-11

These verses speak of drought and withheld rain, counter to the productive and consistent cycle of rain depicted in Isaiah 55:10.

Haggai 1:10-11: Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed [from] her fruit.

Contradiction with Proverbs 25:14

This verse compares unreliable people to clouds and wind without rain, contradicting the certainty and purposefulness of rain mentioned in Isaiah 55:10.

Proverbs 25:14: Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain. [of a...: Heb. in a gift of falsehood]
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