Contradictions and Paradoxes in Micah 1:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Micah 1:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Micah 1:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Micah, the people in a town called Maroth were hoping for something good to happen, but instead, something bad came from God and reached the city of Jerusalem. It was like waiting for a surprise that you thought would be fun, but it turned out to be not fun at all.

Micah 1:12: For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. [inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress] [waited...: or, was grieved]

Contradiction with Proverbs 12:21

This verse states that no evil will happen to the just, which contradicts the calamity experienced by the inhabitants of Maroth in Micah 1:12.

Proverbs 12:21: There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

Contradiction with Job 9:22-23

These verses indicate that God destroys the blameless and wicked alike, contradicting the idea of distress reaching the gate of Jerusalem based on their actions as in Micah 1:12.

Job 9:22-23: This [is] one [thing], therefore I said [it], He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

This verse describes the righteous suffering as the wicked, whereas Micah 1:12 seems to suggest that specific cities are punished for particular reasons.

Ecclesiastes 8:14: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

Contradiction with Psalm 34:19

This verse promises deliverance from afflictions for the righteous, contrasting with the inevitable disaster described in Micah 1:12.

Psalm 34:19: Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

Contradiction with Isaiah 3:10

This verse promises that it will be well with the righteous, conflicting with the message of impending doom in Micah 1:12.

Isaiah 3:10: Say ye to the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
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