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Isaiah 28:16

Isaiah 28:16 says H559 (H8804) Lord H136 GOD H3069 lay H3245 (H8765) Zion H6726 stone H68 tried H976 stone H68 precious H3368 cornerstone H6438 sure H3245 (H8716) foundation H4143 believes H539 (H8688) hastily H2363 (H8686)

Behold - Isaiah 8:14; Genesis 49:10, Genesis 49:24; Psalms 118:22; Zechariah 3:9; Matthew 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17-18; Acts 4:11-12; Romans 9:33, Romans 10:11; 1 Corinthians 3:11; Ephesians 2:20; 1 Peter 2:6-8

he that - Isaiah 30:18; Psalms 112:7-8; Habakkuk 2:3-4; James 5:7-8

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See also Isaiah 28:16 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 28:16. _BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION_] See the notes on the parallel places in the margin (Genesis 49:32; Psalms 118:22; Matthew 21:...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD - God. This verse is introductory to the solemn threatening which follows. Its design seems to be this. The prophet was about to utter an awful threatening of the judgmen...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. THE SIX WOES OF THE PROPHET, JUDGMENT RUINS AND RESTORATION GLORIES TO COME (28-35) CHAPTER 28 The First Woe and the Message of Assurance 1. _Ephraim addressed (Isaiah 28:1)_ 2. _Jerusalem equall...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JERUSALEM ALSO IS THREATENED WITH DESTRUCTION. But Jerusalem like Ephraim reels with intoxication, the priests and prophets especially. The prophet is not steady in his vision, the priest when pronoun...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    I LAY. I have laid. So the Syriac and Septuagint. Laid, in the counsels of eternity: in Abraham's promise (Genesis 12); in David's covenant (2 Samuel 7). IN ZION. In Zion; not Zion itself. A STONE. T...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    There is again a _literary_connexion with what precedes; although the passage is probably a summary of an independent discourse. The prophet's aim is to impress on his opponents the disastrous consequ...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    There is but one true ground of confidence Jehovah's revealed purpose with regard to Zion. _Behold, I lay_ Strictly: BEHOLD, I AM HE THAT HATH LAID (for the Hebr. construction cf. ch. Isaiah 29:14; Is...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION, &C.— Or, _Behold, I am he who layeth for a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tried stone, a corner stone, precious, a sure foundation,_ &c. The prophet seemed immediately about to...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. STABILITY TEXT: Isaiah 28:14-29 14 Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem: 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. BEHOLD, I LAY I...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    28:16 foundation. (d-24) Lit. 'a foundation well-founded.' haste. (e-31) i.e. shall not hasten with fear....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This chapter must be assigned (Isaiah 28:1) to a date prior to the capture of Samaria by the Assyrians (722 b.c.) and fall of the northern kingdom. 1-6. Samaria's luxury and self-indulgence pave the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ZION] as being Jehovah's foundation, shall stand firm. The imagery was suggested by the large stones of the Temple. SHALL NOT MAKE HASTE] i.e. hasten hither and thither to seek security by alliances ...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    A cornerstone is a very important stone that firmly unites two walls of a building. The cornerstone stands at the corner of the building, especially the corner of the foundation (base). • The *New Te...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 28 The next section of the Book of Isaiah is from Chapter 28 to Chapter 33. These Cha...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION FOR A FOUNDATION... — We have first to deal with the imagery, then with the interpretation. The former connects itself with the importance which attached, in ancient as in modern...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה הִנְנִ֛י...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    BOOK 3 PROPHECIES FROM THE ACCESSION OF HEZEKIAH TO THE DEATH OF SARGON 727-705 B.C. THE prophecies with which we have been engaged (Chapter s 2-10:4) fall either before or during the great Assyrian...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    TRUTH THE ONLY REFUGE Isaiah 28:14-29 In the beginning of Hezekiah's reign the Jewish leaders had made an alliance with Assyria, on whom they relied to protect them against any and all foes. But the...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here begins the third and last circle of the first division of the book. It consists of a series of prophecies concerning the chosen people and the world. In this chapter we have a graphic revelation...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a (r) tried stone, a precious corner [stone], a sure foundation: he that believeth (s) shall not make haste. (r) That...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Stone. Christ. (Challoner) --- The Jews and Grotius would apply it to Ezechias. But he was already on the throne, and never could realize these glorious promises. The people were not to believe in him...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I cannot begin to offer a single observation upon this most precious verse, before that I have first desired to bend the knee of my heart before the throne, to bless the Lord for it. And at the same t...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THE CALMNESS OF FAITH_ ‘He that believeth shall not make haste.’ Isaiah 28:16 Our day is one in which men, emphatically, ‘make haste.’ The idea of the text is, that if a man believes in God, and t...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    16._Therefore thus saith the Lord God. _Isaiah now comforts the godly, and threatens against the wicked such punishment as they deserved. In the first instance, he brings forward consolation, because...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 28 sets before us the first elements of these final scenes in the history of this wonderful people. The scourge comes from the north. Ephraim is invaded as by an overflowing torrent, by a temp...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD,.... In order to show what is the true foundation of hope and trust for security from death and hell, and to convince men of their vain and false confidence, as well...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 16. _There...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Therefore, thus saith the Lord_ Because your refuges are vain and deceitful; therefore I will direct you to a better and surer refuge, which will never fail those that trust to it, which God hath pre...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE FALSE QND THE TRUE REFUGE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    therefore thus saith the Lord God, in another beautiful statement concerning the true foundation of the believer's trust, BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION FOR A FOUNDATION, as the Rock upon which His Church is f...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    16-22 Here is a promise of Christ, as the only foundation of hope for escaping the wrath to come. This foundation was laid in Zion, in the eternal counsels of God. This foundation is a stone, firm an...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THEREFORE: the coherence is something obscure and difficult. It may be made either, 1. Thus, Therefore I will bring most terrible judgments upon you; which are fully expressed, ISAIAH 28:17. But befor...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH STERNLY WARNS ABOUT THE THREATENING FUTURE IF THEY WILL NOT LOOK TO GOD'S SURE FOUNDATION (ISAIAH 28:14). The leaders of Judah reply that they are not afraid of his threats because they have go...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 28:16 I. The Christian thrives better from not being permitted to make haste in acquirements. This passage is directed against anything like hurry or bustle. It does not so much declare that th...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Woe of Ephriam due to drunkenness. Prediction of Assyrian captivity of Ephriam. Ephriam's fate a warning to Judah. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The glorious beauty and the plenty of the lan...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 28:1. _The crown of pride._ Sebaste, the ancient Samaria, is situated on a long mount of an oval figure, having first a fruitful valley, and then a circle of hills running round about it. _Maun...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone_ THE STONE LAID IN ZION The prophet borrows his figure from the huge and costly foundation stones upon which the temple rested (1 Kings 5:17); and the...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men_ ISAIAH’S RESPONSE The prophet replies that when the storm does sweep over the land, as it assuredly will, these “refuges of lies” will prove no shelter to...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 28:16 God has established another FOUNDATION for the ZION of his remnant people. That SURE FOUNDATION, embodied in Jesus Christ, is the good news that God saves as no

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE SURE FOUNDATION Isaiah 28:16. _Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold! I lay in Zion a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone for a firm foundation; he that believeth shall not be in ha...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    SECTION VII. RENEWED DENUNCIATIONS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH (CH. 28-31.) EXPOSITION ISAIAH 28:1 A WARNING TO SAMARIA. The prophet has now east his eagle glance

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Chapter 28. Now the prophet turns to the local present issues. He is now... he's gone off down the road to the end of things. Now he comes back and he begins to speak of the Northern Kingdom, the majo...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 3:11; 1 Peter 2:6; Acts 4:11; Acts 4:12; Ephesians 2:20

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Therefore — Because your refuges are so vain, and deceitful; therefore I will direct you to a surer refuge, which God hath laid in Zion. But if you despise that refuge; then know, that I will lay judg...

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