Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 87:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 87:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.
According to David, God is saying that He knows important and strong places and people from different lands, like Egypt (Rahab), Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia. God sees them as special and included in His family.
Psalms 87:4: I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this [man] was born there.
Contradiction with Amos 9:7
Contradicts the belief in the special status of Zion by comparing Israel to other nations that God has brought out of different lands, suggesting no unique favor.
Amos 9:7: [Are] ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
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