Shame and vindication

Meaning

Not being put to shame is the promise attached to possession of the tested cornerstone in the Isaiah epigraph opening Part Two. The local wording says 'Whoever has it', and the supplied English preserves that formulation. It should not be silently replaced by the wording of a preferred modern Bible translation. Shame here is failure or disappointed reliance contrasted with the firmly founded, tested stone; it is not merely embarrassment about a practical mistake. The epigraph places confidence and vindication at the threshold of the material account while inviting its later heavenly interpretation.