Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 7:24

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 7:24 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 7:24. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, this verse means that people will come with bows and arrows because the land will be full of thorny plants and weeds. It shows that the place will become wild and not easy to live in.

Isaiah 7:24: With arrows and with bows shall [men] come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

Contradiction with Isaiah 2:4

Contradicts by envisioning a future of peace where weapons are turned into farming tools, not places overgrown with briers and thorns used for hunting.

Isaiah 2:4: And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. [pruninghooks: or, scythes]

Contradiction with Isaiah 11:6-9

Contradicts by describing a harmonious natural world, unlike the desolation characterized by briers and thorns.

Isaiah 11:6-9: The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

Contradiction with Isaiah 35:1-2

Contradicts by depicting the future transformation of desolate lands into a flourishing and blossoming environment.

Isaiah 35:1-2: The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:13

Contradicts by foretelling the replacement of briers and thorns with more fruitful and abundant plants.

Isaiah 55:13: Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign [that] shall not be cut off.

Contradiction with Micah 4:3

Contradicts by describing a time of agricultural abundance and peace rather than desolation and wasteland.

Micah 4:3: And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. [pruninghooks: or, scythes]
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