Verse 16
16. Therefore To the evil ones a terrible threatening follows, to the good a glorious promise. As, on a former occasion Ahaz refusing to ask a sign Jehovah selected his own for him, so now Jehovah opposes to the false confidence of these evil ones, a foundation stone laid in Zion a firm foundation which nothing can move; (1 Peter 2:6;) a king mighty and morally terrible; no doubt the Messiah.
A precious corner stone Tried and unfailing, and sustaining the whole grand spiritual edifice. Who rests on this is sure never to fail.
Shall not make haste The sacred stone played an important part in the very early Semitic religions. Its influence lingered among the Jews, and lingers still among the Mohammedans. Modern travellers, too, are struck with the eminent figure here used, by the immense stones still remaining at the foundation of ancient walls. (See, especially, ROBINSON’S Researches, vol. i, pp. 343, 351, 422.) Some New Testament quotations from the Septuagint render “shall not be ashamed,” shall not lack confidence, which comes to the same thing. Gesenius thinks both these ideas are in the Arabic cognate word, hence doubtless in the Hebrew word itself, and this accounts for the Septuagint translation.
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