Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 147:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 147:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 147:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the Psalmist, God makes your home strong and safe, and He also gives many good things to your children.

Psalms 147:13: For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

Contradiction with Isaiah 5:25

While Psalms 147:13 speaks of strengthening gates and blessing children, Isaiah 5:25 depicts God's anger and punishment upon the people, suggesting divine disenchantment rather than blessing.

Isaiah 5:25: Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases [were] torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still. [torn: or, as dung]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 5:17

This verse describes the devouring of harvest and children, contradicting the blessing and protection mentioned in Psalms 147:13.

Jeremiah 5:17: And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, [which] thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.

Contradiction with Lamentations 2:21

Here, the destruction of youth and virgins in the streets contrasts with the theme of protection and blessing of children in Psalms 147:13.

Lamentations 2:21: The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain [them] in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, [and] not pitied.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 7:15

This passage speaks of the sword outside and terror inside, highlighting devastation as opposed to the peace and security in Psalms 147:13.

Ezekiel 7:15: The sword [is] without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that [is] in the field shall die with the sword; and he that [is] in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

Contradiction with Hosea 9:12

The idea that children will be bereaved until there are none contradicts the notion of blessing children in Psalms 147:13.

Hosea 9:12: Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, [that there shall] not [be] a man [left]: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
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