Familiar Phrases

Cornerstone of the Cathedral of Saint Paul in Macau (1602)


1. Sentence completion:  Isaiah said the unlearned should be taught "Precept upon precept, precept upon precept..."


2. Fill in the blanks: Isaiah quoted the Lord as saying, "Behold, I lay in Zion a  --------  for a foundation, A tried stone, a precious  -------- ."


3. Isaiah predicted a time when the Lord's people will hear a voice saying,  "This is the way, -------  in it."





1. Line upon line, line upon line, Here a little, there a little" (Is. 28:13).


2. "Stone...cornerstone" (Is. 28:16). Isaiah said the Lord intended to rebuild Jerusalem from that cornerstone with the measuring line of justice and the plummet of righteousness (v17).

3. "Walk" (Is. 30:21).