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Isa 28:16/Rom 9:33 Midrash

Isaiah 28:16 vs Romans 9:33 - Paul Did Not Quote LXX. He Fixed It. We studied chush vs chashah weeks ago. I do not believe Hebrew ever meant "to hurry." Modern scholars missed it. Paul didn't. FIRST HALF OF VERSE - What stone was laid: HEBREW MT Isa 28:16 - Behold Me! I lay in Zion a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner, a sure foundation LXX Isa 28:16 - Behold I lay for the foundations of Zion a costly, choice, corner-stone, precious Isa 8:14 MT - He shall be for a sanctuary, but for a stone to strike and for a rock to stumble over Romans 9:33 - Behold I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence SECOND HALF OF VERSE - What happens to believer: HEBREW MT Isa 28:16 - hamamin lo yachish - he who believes shall not be silent / ashamed / hide - NOT hurry LXX Isa 28:16 - he who believes on Him shall not be ashamed - ou me kataischynthe Romans 9:33 - he who believes on Him shall not be ashamed - ou kataischynthesetai What you see: Romans 9:33 first half is NOT from Isa 28:16 at all. It is from Isa 8:14. Paul took frame from 28:16 - "Behold I lay in Zion a stone" - and inserted middle from 8:14 - "stone of stumbling and rock of offence." That description does not exist in Isa 28:16. Second half - he kept LXX's "shall not be ashamed" - which actually restores Hebrew. Why scholars say "hurry" is wrong: Hebrew says yachish (יחיש). They say root chush (חוש) = to hurry, to flee in panic. So "shall not make haste" - shall not run away afraid foundation will fail. But root is chashah (חשה) = to be silent, to hush, to be ashamed and afraid to speak. Same letters, different vowels. Same root as chashai - silent. We proved this: those who trust firm foundation have no reason to run, but more - they have no reason to be silent, ashamed, to hide their mouth. Modern lexicons chose hurry. LXX chose ashamed. Paul chose ashamed. Paul was right. Paul knew Hebrew better than modern scholars. He was Pharisee of Pharisees, trained under Gamaliel. He did not need LXX to tell him what Hebrew meant. Yet LXX is important witness here - LXX also read it as "shall not be ashamed" 300 years before Paul. They knew. Paul did not follow LXX. LXX followed true Hebrew. Paul restored it. Romans 9:33 is not a bad quotation. It is a midrash: Same stone is both stones. For believer: precious cornerstone, sure foundation - he who believes shall not be silent, shall not be ashamed to speak. For unbeliever: stone of stumbling, rock of offence - same stone they trip over. One stone, two outcomes. hamamin lo yachish - He who believes shall not be hushed. He shall speak.

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