Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joel 1:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joel 1:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joel 1:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Joel, God is telling the farmers to be sad and cry because their plants and crops have been ruined, and there is nothing for them to gather. This means they are facing a tough time with no food to collect.

Joel 1:11: Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

Contradiction with Genesis 41:47-49

While Joel 1:11 speaks of harvest failure and misery, Genesis 41:47-49 describes a period of abundant harvests in Egypt.

Genesis 41:47-49: And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

Contradiction with Psalm 72:16

This verse describes grain abundance, unlike the desolation described in Joel 1:11.

Psalm 72:16: There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and [they] of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

Contradiction with Isaiah 9:3

Isaiah speaks of rejoicing at the harvest, which contrasts with the shame and lamentation in Joel 1:11.

Isaiah 9:3: Thou hast multiplied the nation, [and] not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, [and] as [men] rejoice when they divide the spoil. [not: or, to him]

Contradiction with Amos 9:13

Amos describes a time of plentiful harvests and agricultural abundance, which contradicts the destruction in Joel 1:11.

Amos 9:13: Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. [soweth: Heb. draweth forth] [sweet: or, new]

Contradiction with Matthew 9:37

This verse mentions the plentiful harvest, opposite to the crop failure scenario in Joel 1:11.

Matthew 9:37: Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly [is] plenteous, but the labourers [are] few;
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