Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 7:22

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 7:22 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 7:22. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, people will have lots of milk and will make butter to eat. Everyone left in the land will eat butter and honey, which shows there will be plenty of good food.

Isaiah 7:22: And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk [that] they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land. [the land: Heb. the midst of the land]

Contradiction with Genesis 18:8

This verse mentions Abraham serving butter and milk as part of a meal, which can be seen as indulgence, possibly contradicting the idea of abundance depicted in Isaiah 7:22 during a time of hardship.

Genesis 18:8: And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set [it] before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 4:16-17

This verse describes scarcity and rationing of food, which contradicts the abundance of butter and honey mentioned in Isaiah 7:22 during dire circumstances.

Ezekiel 4:16-17: Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

Contradiction with Job 21:24

This verse describes a well-nourished, prosperous man with full breasts of milk, contradicting Isaiah 7:22 where abundance occurs despite adversity.

Job 21:24: His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. [breasts: or, milk pails]

Contradiction with Joel 1:10

This verse describes a time of drought and agricultural failure, which is the opposite of the fruitful abundance of milk and honey mentioned in Isaiah 7:22.

Joel 1:10: The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
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