Contradictions and Paradoxes in Micah 2:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Micah 2:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Micah 2:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Micah, God will allow others to say sad things about the people because they lost everything and their land has been taken away. The people will feel very upset because what was theirs is now given to someone else.

Micah 2:4: In that day shall [one] take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, [and] say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed [it] from me! turning away he hath divided our fields. [a doleful...: Heb. a lamentation of lamentations] [turning...: or, instead of restoring]

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 5:16

This verse's call to "Rejoice evermore" contradicts the lamentation and mourning expressed in Micah 2:4.

1 Thessalonians 5:16: Rejoice evermore.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:4

"Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted" indicates that mourning leads to comfort, whereas Micah 2:4 suggests a state of hopeless lament.

Matthew 5:4: Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Contradiction with Psalm 30:11

"Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing" contradicts the continuation of lamentation and grief in Micah 2:4.

Psalm 30:11: Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Contradiction with Romans 8:28

Implies that all things work together for good, in contrast to the sense of irreversible misfortune in Micah 2:4.

Romans 8:28: And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.

Contradiction with Isaiah 61:3

Speaks of giving "beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning", which contradicts the perpetual sorrow in Micah 2:4.

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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