As it is written; viz. in Isa_8:14, and Isa_28:16; to which prophecy also the apostle Peter refers, in 1Pe_2:6-8.
A stumbling stone; Jesus Christ is properly a corner-stone, elect and precious; but accidentally and eventually a stumbling-stone, Luk_2:34.
Ashamed; or confounded. Isaiah saith, he that believeth; the apostle, whosoever believeth; which is much the same: an indefinite proposition is equivalent to a universal. The prophet saith: He that believeth shall not make haste; the apostle, he
shall not be ashamed. He that is rash and hasty will at last be ashamed and confounded.