Psalms 2:3
Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
In Context
4Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.
Cross References
Jeremiah 5:5I will go to the great men and have talk with them; for they have knowledge of the way of the Lord and of the behaviour desired by their God. But as for these, their one purpose is a broken yoke and burst bands.
Luke 19:27And as for those who were against me, who would not have me for their ruler, let them come here, and be put to death before me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 2:2-7
The Enemies of Messiah. 1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord , and against his anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. We have… Read the whole commentary →