Psalms 2:9
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.”
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
In Context
10Be wise, therefore, O ye kings! Be admonished, ye rulers of the earth!
Cross References
Psalms 89:23For I will beat down his foes before him, And overthrow them that hate him.
Isaiah 30:14It is broken like a potter's vessel, Which is dashed in pieces and not spared, So that among its fragments not a sherd is found to take up fire from the hearth, Or to dip water from the cistern.
Jeremiah 13:14And I will dash them one against another, Even fathers and children together, saith Jehovah; I will not pity, nor spare, Nor show mercy, so as not to destroy them.
Daniel 2:44But in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall be left to no other people but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever;
Micah 5:8The residue of Jacob shall be among the nations, In the midst of many kingdoms, As a lion among the beasts of the forest, As a young lion among flocks of sheep, Who, when he assaulteth, treadeth down and teareth, and none can deliver.
Revelation 2:26And he that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations,—
Matthew Henry on Psalms 2:8-10
The Triumphs of Messiah. 7 I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. We have heard what the kings of the earth have to say against Christ's kingdom, and have heard it gainsaid by him that sits in heaven; let us now hear what the… Read the whole commentary →