Behold, a strong and mighty one is to the Lord, like a hailstorm, a destroying storm; like a storm of mighty waters overflowing; He sets down to the earth with His hand.
They said to Him, Bad men! He will badly destroy them, and he will rent out the vineyard to other vinedressers who will give to him the fruits in their seasons.
Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures, “A Stone which the builders rejected, this One became the Head of the Corner? This was from the Lord, and it is a wonder in our eyes?” Psalm 118:22, 23
And if I have prophecies, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
But you are “an elect race,” “a royal priesthood,” “a holy nation,” “a people for possession,” so that “you may proclaim the excellencies” of the One who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; LXX-Ex. 23:22; MT-Ex. 19:5, 6