16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

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16 So this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,(A) a tested stone,(B)
    a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation;(C)
the one who relies on it
    will never be stricken with panic.(D)

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16 therefore thus says the Lord God,
(A)“Behold, I am the one who has laid[a] as a foundation (B)in Zion,
    a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
    ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:16 Dead Sea Scroll I am laying

32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

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32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.(A)

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32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the (A)stumbling stone,

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33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

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33 As it is written:

“See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble
    and a rock that makes them fall,
    and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 9:33 Isaiah 8:14; 28:16

33 as it is written,

(A)“Behold, I am laying in Zion (B)a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
    (C)and whoever believes in him will not be (D)put to shame.”

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11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

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11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 10:11 Isaiah 28:16 (see Septuagint)

11 For the Scripture says, (A)“Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”

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And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

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and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble
    and a rock that makes them fall.”[a](A)

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.(B)

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  1. 1 Peter 2:8 Isaiah 8:14

and

(A)“A stone of stumbling,
    and a rock of offense.”

They stumble because they disobey the word, (B)as they were destined to do.

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