Contradictions and Paradoxes in Micah 1:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Micah 1:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Micah 1:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Micah, sometimes we do things to show we are very sad, like shaving our heads. He tells people to do this because their loved ones have been taken away.

Micah 1:16: Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:17

This verse instructs to anoint your head and wash your face, which contrasts with the act of baldness and mourning in Micah 1:16.

Matthew 6:17: But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 11:14

This verse states that long hair is disgraceful for a man, implying that short hair or baldness should not be a source of mourning or shame.

1 Corinthians 11:14: Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

Contradiction with Isaiah 61:3

This verse speaks of giving "beauty for ashes" and "the oil of joy for mourning," suggesting comfort and redemption, contradicting the call for mourning in Micah 1:16.

Isaiah 61:3: To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
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