Contradictions and Paradoxes in Judges 10:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Judges 10:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Judges 10:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Judges, God reminds the people that when they were in trouble and bad people were being mean to them, they asked for His help and He saved them. This teaches that God listens and helps when people ask Him for help.

Judges 10:12: The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.

Contradiction with Isaiah 45:22

Contradicts reliance on other gods, where Isaiah emphasizes seeking salvation in God alone, whereas Judges 10:12 refers to Israelites seeking help from other gods.

Isaiah 45:22: Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:3

Conflicts with the notion of idolatry, as this verse commands to have no other gods, while Judges 10:12 implies a history of idolatry before turning back to God.

Exodus 20:3: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 32:39

Opposes the idea of other gods' assistance, asserting no god besides the Lord, highlighting the futility mentioned in Judges 10:12.

Deuteronomy 32:39: See now that I, [even] I, [am] he, and [there is] no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither [is there any] that can deliver out of my hand.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 2:28

Contradicts the effectiveness of other gods, similar to the outcome in Judges 10:12, where no deliverance is found outside God.

Jeremiah 2:28: But where [are] thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for [according to] the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. [trouble: Heb. evil]
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