Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 61:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 61:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 61:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, God promises that the children of His people will be special and everyone will notice and know that God loves and blesses them. It's like saying God’s family will be really special, and everyone will be able to see that they have a good and happy life because of God’s love.

Isaiah 61:9: And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they [are] the seed [which] the LORD hath blessed.

Contradiction with Psalm 37:28

This verse states that the descendants of the wicked will be cut off, contrasting with Isaiah 61:9 that mentions the descendants of the blessed.

Psalm 37:28: For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:5

This mentions God visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, which contradicts the blessing of the descendants in Isaiah 61:9.

Exodus 20:5: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:29-30

These verses mention individual responsibility and that children will not suffer for the sins of their parents, contrasting with the generational blessing in Isaiah 61:9.

Jeremiah 31:29-30: In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

Contradiction with Matthew 10:35-36

These verses describe family division, opposing the united and blessed family image in Isaiah 61:9.

Matthew 10:35-36: For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:20

This verse emphasizes that the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, differing from the concept of generational blessing or curse in Isaiah 61:9.

Ezekiel 18:20: The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
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