Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 7:25

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 7:25 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 7:25. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, this verse means that when people work hard on the land, they won't have to worry about bad plants like thorns growing. Instead, the land will be nice and safe for animals like cows and sheep to walk on.

Isaiah 7:25: And [on] all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:25

This verse advises not to worry about what to eat, while Isaiah 7:25 implies a consequence related to food production.

Matthew 6:25: Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Contradiction with Matthew 13:7

This parable mentions thorns choking plants, whereas Isaiah 7:25 speaks of thorns covering neglected land.

Matthew 13:7: And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

Contradiction with Genesis 3:18

This verse refers to thorns as a curse upon Adam's sin, while Isaiah 7:25 depicts thorns as a natural consequence of abandonment.

Genesis 3:18: Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; [bring...: Heb. cause to bud]

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:13

It promises that thorns will be replaced by fruitful plants, contradicting the desolation depicted in Isaiah 7:25.

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 Hebrews 6:8

Suggests that land producing thorns is near to being cursed, contrasting the passive desolation in Isaiah 7:25.

Hebrews 6:8: But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and [is] nigh unto cursing; whose end [is] to be burned.
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