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Isaiah 28:16
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14 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scornful men,
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,
15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
And with Sheol we are in agreement.
When the overflowing scourge passes through,
It will not come to us,
aFor we have made lies our refuge,
And under falsehood we have hidden ourselves.”  

A Cornerstone in Zion

16 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, I lay in Zion aa stone for a foundation,
A tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation;
Whoever believes will not act hastily. 
17 Also I will make justice the measuring line,
And righteousness the plummet;
The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
And the waters will overflow the hiding place.
18 Your covenant with death will be annulled,
And your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
When the overflowing scourge passes through,
Then you will be trampled down by it.
19 As often as it goes out it will take you;
For morning by morning it will pass over,
And by day and by night;
It will be a terror just to understand the report.”
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Isaiah 28:16

Literally, "Behold Me as Him who has laid"; namely, in My divine counsel (Revelation 13:8); none save I could lay it (Isaiah 63:5).

stone—Jesus Christ; Hezekiah [MAURER], or the temple [EWALD], do not realize the full significancy of the language; but only in type point to Him, in whom the prophecy receives its exhaustive accomplishment; whether Isaiah understood its fulness or not (I Peter 1:11-12), the Holy Ghost plainly contemplated its fulfilment in Christ alone; so in Isaiah 32:1; compare Genesis 49:24; Psalms 118:22; Matthew 21:42; Romans 10:11; Ephesians 2:20.

tried—both by the devil (Luke 4:1-13) and by men (Luke 20:1-38), and even by God (Matthew 27:46); a stone of tested solidity to bear the vast superstructure of man's redemption. The tested righteousness of Christ gives its peculiar merit to His vicarious sacrifice. The connection with the context is, though a "scourge" shall visit Judea (Isaiah 28:15), yet God's gracious purpose as to the elect remnant, and His kingdom of which "Zion" shall be the center, shall not fail, because its rests on Messiah (Matthew 7:24-25; II Timothy 2:19).

precious—literally, "of preciousness," so in the Greek, (I Peter 2:7). He is preciousness.

corner-stone— (I Kings 5:17; I Kings 7:9; Job 38:6); the stone laid at the corner where two walls meet and connecting them; often costly.

make haste—flee in hasty alarm; but the Septuagint has "be ashamed"; so Romans 9:33, and I Peter 2:6, "be confounded," substantially the same idea; he who rests on Him shall not have the shame of disappointment, nor flee in sudden panic (see Isaiah 30:15; Isaiah 32:17).




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 28:16:

Isaiah 19:13
Isaiah 32:4
Isaiah 52:12
Daniel 2:34
Zechariah 3:9
Zechariah 10:4
Matthew 21:42
Romans 9:33
Romans 10:11-13
1 Corinthians 3:11
1 Corinthians 10:4
Ephesians 2:20
1 Peter 2:6

 

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