Psalms 2:9
You will break them with sceptre of iron, shatter them like pottery.”
Open English Bible (US)
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
8Only ask, and I make you the heir of the nations, and lord of the world to its utmost bounds.
10So now, you kings, be wise: be warned, you rulers of earth.
Cross References
Psalms 89:23but his foes I will shatter before him, I will strike down those who hate him.
Micah 5:8And the survivors of Jacob will be disbursed among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the sheep-folds, who, when he passes through, pounces. He savages his prey. There is no rescuer.
Revelation 2:26To those who conquer and are careful to live my life to the end – to them 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 →