Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 80:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 80:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 80:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to many Christians, the author of Psalms, often believed to be David, is saying that God took His people from a faraway place and gave them a special land to live in. It's like God planting a vine in a new garden where it can grow strong and healthy.

Psalms 80:8: Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

Contradiction with Psalms 80:12

This verse questions why God has broken down the hedges protecting the vine, implying neglect, which contradicts Psalms 80:8 where God carefully plants the vine.

Psalms 80:12: Why hast thou [then] broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

Contradiction with Isaiah 5:5-6

These verses describe God removing protection and causing desolation to the vineyard, contrasting with the nurturing care described in Psalms 80:8.

Isaiah 5:5-6: And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; [and] break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: [trodden...: Heb. for a treading]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 2:21

Here, God laments that the chosen vine has turned into a degenerate plant, opposite to the flourishing vine in Psalms 80:8.

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

This verse speaks of a vine being uprooted and withered, a contradiction to the well-planted vine in Psalms 80:8.

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 21:43

Jesus declares that the kingdom will be taken from a group, contrary to the planting and establishment seen in Psalms 80:8.

Matthew 21:43: Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
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