Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 66:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 66:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 66:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, God is saying that when He starts something important, like making a baby ready to be born, He will make sure that it is finished and everything will be okay. This teaches Christians that God will always keep His promises and help His people complete their important tasks.

Isaiah 66:9: Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut [the womb]? saith thy God. [not...: or, not beget?]

Contradiction with Job 3:11

This verse expresses a wish for death before birth, contradicting the assurance of life and delivery in Isaiah 66:9.

Job 3:11: Why died I not from the womb? [why] did I [not] give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 6:3

Here it is stated that a stillbirth is preferable to a life without enjoyment, contradicting the promise of birth and fulfillment in Isaiah 66:9.

Ecclesiastes 6:3: If a man beget an hundred [children], and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also [that] he have no burial; I say, [that] an untimely birth [is] better than he.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 20:14-18

Jeremiah curses the day of his birth, expressing regret and bitterness, which contradicts the assurance and positive outlook on birth in Isaiah 66:9.

Jeremiah 20:14-18: Cursed [be] the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
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