Have you not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it in ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be yours to destroy fortified cities, turning them into ruinous heaps.
and Shim`on blessed them, and said to Miriam, his mother, *Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Yisra'el, and for a sign which is spoken against.
Because it is contained in Scripture, *Behold, I lay in Tziyon a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed.*
For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient, *The stone which the builders rejected, has become the chief cornerstone,*
For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.