Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joel 1:7

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joel 1:7 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joel 1:7. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the prophet Joel, this verse means that something bad has happened to plants that are important to the people, like grapes and figs, and they are now ruined and bare. God is using this to show people they need to listen and change their ways.

Joel 1:7: He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast [it] away; the branches thereof are made white. [barked...: Heb. laid my fig tree for a barking]

Contradiction with Joel 2:25

God promises to restore the years that the locusts have eaten, contrasting the irrevocable devastation described in Joel 1:7.

Joel 2:25: And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

Contradiction with Genesis 1:31

God sees everything He made as very good, contrasting the destruction and despair seen in Joel 1:7.

Genesis 1:31: And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. [And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.]

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:13

Instead of destruction, there is a promise of renewal, with briers and thorns being replaced by cypress and myrtle.

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 Revelation 22:2

Describes a tree of life with leaves for healing, conflicting with the image of destruction in Joel 1:7.

Revelation 22:2: In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, [was there] the tree of life, which bare twelve [manner of] fruits, [and] yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree [were] for the healing of the nations.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:26

Illustrates God's provision and care for creation, which contrasts with the devastation and neglect implied in Joel 1:7.

Matthew 6:26: Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Contradiction with Psalm 104:13-15

Describes God providing sustenance and joy through nature, in contrast to the destruction seen in Joel 1:7.

Psalm 104:13-15: He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

Contradiction with Amos 9:14-15

God promises to restore the people and the land, contrasting with the complete ruination described in Joel 1:7.

Amos 9:14-15: And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
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