“... In verse 33 Paul introduces a set of scriptural texts that intensifies his subversion of the ἀγών discourse–his third such move. The Christ event is, according to Isaiah 8:14 (and probably by way of a Hebrew stone/son wordplay), a stone laid in Zion, a stone that offends and trips, although the one who believes in it will not be ashamed (so the appended Isaiah 28:16). Israel has not believed, so she stumbles. ... There is one further nuance in this text that is too significant for the connection between this text and Paul’s discussion in Romans 10:10–13 to ignore (i.e., as mere coincidence)–the presence of God, the κύριος, or Lord, with all his people, who will never again be put to shame. Indeed, it is almost certainly this association that legitimizes Paul’s modification of Isaiah 28:16 in verse 11 with the addition of πᾶς (at which point it can be asked whether the citation in verse 11 is better viewed as a conflation of Joel 2:32 and Isaiah 28:16 rather than merely a modification of the latter) ...”