Psalms 2:3

'Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

In Context

2Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah:

4He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:5I get me to the great, and I speak with them, For they have known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.' Surely they together have broken the yoke, They have drawn away the bands.

Luke 19:27but those my enemies, who did not wish me to reign over them, bring hither and slay 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 →

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