Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joel 3:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joel 3:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joel 3:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Joel, this verse means that one day, everything will be full of good things like grape juice and milk, and rivers will be full of water. It shows that God will make everything beautiful and full of life.

Joel 3:18: And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. [flow: Heb. go]

Contradiction with Joel 1:10

Describes the land as mourning with fields wasted and corn dried up, which contrasts the abundance in Joel 3:18.

Joel 1:10: The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

Contradiction with Amos 5:16-17

Predicts wailing and lamentation in the vineyards, opposing the prosperity in Joel 3:18.

Amos 5:16-17: Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing [shall be] in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

Contradiction with Haggai 1:11

Talks about a drought upon the land and the corn, contrary to the overflowing abundance in Joel 3:18.

Haggai 1:11: And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon [that] which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

Contradiction with Isaiah 24:7

Speaks of the vine languishing and merry-hearted sighing, opposing the joyful image in Joel 3:18.

Isaiah 24:7: The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
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