Prophecy 15 of 30 · Suffering
The stone the builders rejected
The stone the builders rejected becomes the cornerstone. "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD."
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Hebrew · Leningrad Codexעִבְרִית
22אֶ֭בֶן מָאֲס֣וּ הַבּוֹנִ֑ים הָ֝יְתָ֗ה לְרֹ֣אשׁ פִּנָּֽה׃even ma'asu habbonim hayta lerosh pinna
23מֵאֵ֣ת יְ֭הוָה הָ֣יְתָה זֹּ֑את הִ֖יא נִפְלָ֣את בְּעֵינֵֽינוּ׃me'et ADONAI hayta zot hi niflat be'enenu
JPS 1917 · Jewish translation
22The stone which the builders rejected Is become the chief corner-stone.
23This is the LORD’S doing; It is marvellous in our eyes.
World Messianic Bible
22The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
23This is the LORD’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes.This is Yahweh’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes.
Psalms 118:22-23. Transliteration simplified. Read the whole chapter
Also in this passage: Psalms 118:26
26בָּר֣וּךְ הַ֭בָּא בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה בֵּ֝רַֽכְנוּכֶ֗ם מִבֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃
barukh habba beshem ADONAI berakhnukhem mibbet ADONAI
26Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD; We bless you out of the house of the LORD.
Psalms 118:26 (Hebrew & JPS 1917)
Fulfilment · New CovenantWMB
Matthew 21:42 Yeshua said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes’?
Acts 4:10-12 may it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Yeshua the Messiah of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands here before you whole in him. He is ‘the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.’ There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”
Matthew 21:9 The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hoshia'na to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hoshia'na in the highest!”
How rabbinic tradition reads it
Part of the Hallel sung at Passover and the festivals; usually read of David or Israel, rejected by the nations.
Why Messianic Jews read it as Yeshua
Crowds sang Psalm 118 when Yeshua entered Jerusalem; he quoted verse 22 about himself, and Peter repeated it before the Sanhedrin.
Look at the text for yourself
Read Psalms 118:22-23 slowly, in the Hebrew and the JPS translation above. Then ask the question the Ethiopian official asked: "Who is the prophet talking about?"
Sources
- Hallel (Psalms 113-118) in the festival liturgy
- Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain), via OpenScriptures. English: JPS 1917; World Messianic Bible (public domain).