Contradiction with Isaiah 2:4
This verse suggests peace among nations and no war, while Isaiah 60:8 symbolically reflects on an assembly suggesting potential different contexts like war-like formation.
Isaiah 2:4: And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. [pruninghooks: or, scythes]
Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 5:3
Describes sudden destruction during peace, contrasting the imagery of hope and brightness in Isaiah 60:8.
1 Thessalonians 5:3: For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 8:7
Indicates creatures knowing their seasons, while "who are these that fly" in Isaiah 60:8 suggests a sudden emergence.
Jeremiah 8:7: Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 11:4
Advises against waiting for perfect conditions, contradicting the proactive imagery of Isaiah 60:8.
Ecclesiastes 11:4: He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Contradiction with Psalm 103:16
Speaks of transience like grass, contrasting the enduring presence implied in Isaiah 60:8.
Psalm 103:16: For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. [it is...: Heb. it is not]
Contradiction with Matthew 24:43
Speaks of the thief coming unexpectedly, contradicting the anticipated gathering image of Isaiah 60:8.
Matthew 24:43: But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.