“Let us (A)burst their bonds apart
    and cast away their cords from us.”

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I will go to the great
    and will speak to them,
for they know the way of the Lord,
    the justice of their God.”
(A)But they all alike had broken the yoke;
    they had burst the bonds.

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14 But (A)his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

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27 But (A)as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and (B)slaughter them before me.’”

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So the honor is for you who (A)believe, but for those who (B)do not believe,

(C)“The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone,”[a]

and

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:7 Greek the head of the corner

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