Isaiah 8:13-15
You must recognize the authority of the Lord who commands armies. He is the one you must respect; he is the one you must fear. He will become a sanctuary, but a stone that makes a person trip, and a rock that makes one stumble—to the two houses of Israel. He will become a trap and a snare to the residents of Jerusalem. Many will stumble over the stone and the rock, and will fall and be seriously injured, and will be ensnared and captured.”
The Pharisees and teachers of the law stumbled and fell because of the rock that is Jesus Christ. Psalm 118:22-23 says, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.” Acts 4:11-12 says, “Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” We find these words in the midst of instruction for the nation of Israel that the Lord is Holy, and He is to be feared. They come through Isaiah for Israel as a nation, and also come to us through scripture to show that God’s redemptive plan has always been Jesus.