Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joel 2:19

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joel 2:19 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joel 2:19. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Joel, God promises to give His people plenty of food and drinks so they will have enough and won't feel ashamed or looked down upon by other people anymore.

Joel 2:19: Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:

Contradiction with Isaiah 3:1

Describes the Lord removing food and water, contradicting God's promise of abundance in Joel 2:19.

Isaiah 3:1: For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

Contradiction with Lamentations 4:4

Highlights famine and thirst, which contrasts with God's promise of satisfying needs in Joel 2:19.

Lamentations 4:4: The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, [and] no man breaketh [it] unto them.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 4:16

Speaks of rationed food and scarce water, opposing the assurance of plenty in Joel 2:19.

Ezekiel 4:16: Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

Contradiction with Haggai 1:6

Talks about not having enough to satisfy, which contradicts God's provision of fullness in Joel 2:19.

Haggai 1:6: Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag with holes. [with holes: Heb. pierced through]

Contradiction with Amos 4:6

God gives cleanness of teeth (famine), unlike the plenty promised in Joel 2:19.

Amos 4:6: And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
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