Text: Isaiah 28:16
OT Text Referred to: Psalm 118:22
Subject: the rejected cornerstone
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Anchor Text: Ps 118:22 — The Stone the Builders Rejected
Significance: Isaiah 28:16 announces that God will lay in Zion "a tested stone, a precious cornerstone" (אֶבֶן בֹּחַן פִּנַּת יִקְרַת, even bochan pinnat yiqrat), a "sure foundation" for the one who believes. Psalm 118:22 complements this from a different angle: "The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone" (רֹאשׁ פִּנָּה, rosh pinnah). Both passages use the cornerstone (pinnah) vocabulary, but Isaiah emphasizes divine placement and the faith response, while the Psalm emphasizes human rejection followed by divine vindication. Together they form a composite stone testimony: God lays a foundation stone in Zion that human builders reject but that ultimately becomes the capstone of the entire structure.
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Text: Psalms 118:22
OT Text Referred to: Isaiah 28:16
Subject: Rejected stone (C)
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Anchor Text: Ps 118:22 — The Stone the Builders Rejected
Significance: Psalm 118:22 declares "The stone (אֶבֶן, even) the builders rejected has become the cornerstone (רֹאשׁ פִּנָּה, rosh pinnah)." Isaiah 28:16 proclaims God's counter-promise: "Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested stone (אֶבֶן בֹּחַן, even bochan), a precious cornerstone (פִּנַּת יִקְרַת, pinnat yiqrat), a sure foundation." Both texts use stone imagery to describe God's chosen instrument of salvation and governance — one that defies human expectation. The Psalm emphasizes the rejection-to-exaltation reversal, while Isaiah emphasizes the stone's divine placement and tested reliability. Together they build the OT "stone" tradition that the NT authors will apply to Christ.