Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 80:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 80:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 80:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to David, this verse means that when God is upset, bad things happen to plants and they get burned and cut down. This helps people see how powerful God's feelings can be.

Psalms 80:16: [It is] burned with fire, [it is] cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

Contradiction with John 15:1

Jesus claims to be the true vine, which contrasts with the imagery in Psalms 80:16 where the vine is depicted as being burned and cut down.

John 15:1: I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

Contradiction with Isaiah 5:7

The vineyard of the Lord is described as the house of Israel, but produces wild grapes, contradicting the idea in Psalms 80:16 of being nurtured.

Isaiah 5:7: For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. [his...: Heb. plant of his pleasures] [oppression: Heb. a scab]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 2:21

God describes planting a noble vine, but it turned degenerate, contrary to the nurturing implied in Psalms 80:16.

Jeremiah 2:21: Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

Contradiction with Ezekiel 19:12

Describes a vine being plucked up in fury and cast to the ground, which also shows a destructive element like in Psalms 80:16.

Ezekiel 19:12: But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.

Contradiction with Matthew 21:19

Jesus curses a barren fig tree, illustrating a different kind of divine judgment compared to the vine in Psalms 80:16.

Matthew 21:19: And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away. [a fig tree: Gr. one fig tree]
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