Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 63:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 63:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 63:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, God thought the people would be honest and good like children, so He helped them and saved them.

Isaiah 63:8: For he said, Surely they [are] my people, children [that] will not lie: so he was their Saviour.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

This verse describes the heart of man as deceitful, which contrasts the assertion in Isaiah 63:8 about God's people not dealing falsely.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Contradiction with Romans 3:10

This verse states there is no one righteous, no, not one, which contradicts the notion of righteous and truthful people implied in Isaiah 63:8.

Romans 3:10: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Contradiction with Psalm 14:3

Psalm 14:3 notes that all have turned aside and become corrupt, which stands in contrast to the statement that God's people would not lie.

Psalm 14:3: They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one. [filthy: Heb. stinking]

Contradiction with 1 John 1:8

Claims that if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, opposing Isaiah 63:8's implication that the people were truthful.

1 John 1:8: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6

Declares that all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags, contradicting Isaiah 63:8's description of God's people as not false.

Isaiah 64:6: But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
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