Contradictions and Paradoxes in Nahum 2:4

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

According to Nahum, the streets will be full of fast chariots crashing into each other. They will look like bright lights and move very quickly like lightning.

Nahum 2:4: The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings. [they: Heb. their show]

Contradiction with Proverbs 16:32

Describes the value of patience over physical power and speed, contrasting with the swift and chaotic movement of chariots in Nahum 2:4.

Proverbs 16:32: [He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Contradiction with Isaiah 2:4

Depicts a vision of peace where nations do not take up swords against each other, contrary to the chaos and warfare suggested by the chariots in Nahum 2:4.

Isaiah 2:4: And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. [pruninghooks: or, scythes]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 33:6

Speaks of future healing and security, which contradicts the destruction and turmoil associated with the chariots in Nahum 2:4.

Jeremiah 33:6: Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

Contradiction with Zechariah 9:10

Prophesies the end of war and the breaking of the battle bow, opposing the imagery of battle and speed in Nahum 2:4.

Zechariah 9:10: And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion [shall be] from sea [even] to sea, and from the river [even] to the ends of the earth.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers, contrasting with the aggressive and warlike scene described in Nahum 2:4.

Matthew 5:9: Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
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