Contradiction with Job 3:26
While Isaiah 61:3 promises comfort and joy, Job expresses a lack of peace, rest, and turmoil.
Job 3:26: I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:2
Contrasts with Isaiah 61:3's message of a purposeful life by declaring life as vanity, suggesting meaninglessness.
Ecclesiastes 1:2: Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity.
Contradiction with Lamentations 3:17
Isaiah 61:3 speaks of the 'oil of joy,' whereas this verse speaks of being far from peace and prosperity.
Lamentations 3:17: And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. [prosperity: Heb. good]
Contradiction with Psalm 88:3-4
Isaiah 61:3 talks about beauty for ashes, but this passage is filled with overwhelming troubles and considers life near death.
Psalm 88:3-4: For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 20:14
Instead of the blessing and beauty in Isaiah 61:3, this verse curses the day of birth, highlighting despair.
Jeremiah 20:14: Cursed [be] the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:2
Although Isaiah 61:3 speaks of a distinct comfort for mourning, Ecclesiastes describes a fate shared equally by all, regardless of righteousness.
Ecclesiastes 9:2: All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as [he] that feareth an oath.
Contradiction with Habakkuk 1:2-3
Isaiah 61:3 offers consolation, while Habakkuk questions God's tolerance of violence and injustice, seemingly lacking comfort.
Habakkuk 1:2-3: O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! [even] cry out unto thee [of] violence, and thou wilt not save!