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 judgment to the line, &c. I lay — I have promised it, and will, in the fulness of time, perform it. In Zion — In my church. A foundation — Upon which I will build my church. A stone — The Messiah. Tried — Which I have tried, and approved as every way sufficient. Corner — stone — Uniting the several parts of the building together. Sure — Upon whom you may securely rest. Believeth — This promise. Shall not — Hastily catch at any way of escaping danger, but shall patiently wait upon God in his way, 'till he deliver him.
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Isaiah 28:16
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.