Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 61:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 61:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 61:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, God loves fairness and doesn't like when people steal, even if it's for giving gifts. He promises to guide people to do good things and make a forever friendship with them.

Isaiah 61:8: For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

Contradiction with Exodus 34:7

God proclaims His nature as forgiving iniquity and transgression, which contrasts with Isaiah 61:8's focus on love for judgment and hatred for robbery.

Exodus 34:7: Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation].

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

This verse highlights the existence of righteous people getting what the wicked deserve, and vice versa, contrasting the theme of justice in Isaiah 61:8.

Ecclesiastes 8:14: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

Contradiction with Jonah 4:2

Jonah describes God as merciful and slow to anger, which can be seen as conflicting with the strong stance in Isaiah 61:8 on judgment and hating robbery.

Jonah 4:2: And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, [was] not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou [art] a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:45

This verse describes God as causing the sun to rise on both the evil and the good, implying a universal grace that contrasts with Isaiah 61:8's emphasis on judgment.

Matthew 5:45: That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Contradiction with Romans 9:15

God declares He will have mercy on whom He will have mercy, which might seem at odds with the straightforward justice favored in Isaiah 61:8.

Romans 9:15: For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

Contradiction with James 2:13

This verse mentions that mercy triumphs over judgment, which could be seen as opposing the judgment-focused nature of Isaiah 61:8.

James 2:13: For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. [rejoiceth: or, glorieth]
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