Contradiction with Ezekiel 22:30
Unlike Isaiah 59:16, where no intercessor is found, Ezekiel 22:30 implies there was an attempt to find someone to stand in the gap, highlighting divine search for an intercessor.
Ezekiel 22:30: And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
Contradiction with 1 Timothy 2:5
This verse contradicts Isaiah 59:16 by stating that there is one mediator between God and men, Christ Jesus, whereas Isaiah 59:16 suggests an absence of any intercessor.
1 Timothy 2:5: For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Contradiction with Isaiah 53:12
Unlike Isaiah 59:16, which indicates no intercessor, Isaiah 53:12 prophesies the intercession of the suffering servant for transgressors.
Isaiah 53:12: Therefore will I divide him [a portion] with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Contradiction with Hebrews 7:25
This verse contradicts Isaiah 59:16 by describing Jesus as an eternal intercessor, countering the absence of one in Isaiah 59:16.
Hebrews 7:25: Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. [to the...: or, evermore]