Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joel 1:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joel 1:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joel 1:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Joel, the verse tells us that the priests and ministers should be very sad and cry out to God because they cannot offer gifts to Him anymore. This is a way of showing that they really need God's help and want to be close to Him again.

Joel 1:13: Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:16

This verse teaches not to appear unto men to fast, unlike Joel 1:13 which calls for public lamentation and fasting.

Matthew 6:16: Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Contradiction with Matthew 9:14-15

These verses describe Jesus explaining that his disciples do not fast while he is with them, which contrasts with the immediate call to fasting in Joel 1:13.

Matthew 9:14-15: Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:4

This verse says there is a time to laugh and dance, which is contrary to the call for mourning and lamentation in Joel 1:13.

Ecclesiastes 3:4: A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Contradiction with Isaiah 61:3

Promises a spirit of praise instead of a spirit of despair, whereas Joel 1:13 urges putting on sackcloth and mourning.

Isaiah 61:3: To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

Contradiction with Nehemiah 8:10

Encourages joy as strength, conflicting with the mourning and lamentation called for in Joel 1:13.

Nehemiah 8:10: Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for [this] day [is] holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
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