Psalms 2:9 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 2:9

You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”

BSB

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ASV

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

KJV

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron,.... Not his inheritance and possession among the Gentiles, the chosen ones given him by the Father; these he delights in, takes care of, protects, and preserves: but the stubborn and rebellious ones among the Heathen, and in each of the parts of the world, who will not have him to reign over them; who treat his person with contempt, reject his government, disobey his Gospel, and despise his commands; towards these Christ will use severity, and will exert his power and break them in pieces.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

This was in part fulfilled, when the Jews who persisted in unbelief, were destroyed by the Roman power: And in the destruction of the Pagan power, when the Christian religion came to be established. But it will not be compleatly fulfilled, 'till all opposing power and principality be put down.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 1 (1869)

"Ask of me." It was a custom among great kings, to give to favoured ones whatever they might ask. (See Esther 5:6; Matthew 14:7.) So Jesus hath but to ask and have. Here he declares that his very enemies are his inheritance. To their face he declares this decree, and "Lo! here, " cries the Anointed One, as he holds aloft in that once pierced hand the sceptre of his power, "He hath given me this, not only the right to be a king, but the power to conquer." Yes!

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

His enemies shall be subject to His terrible power (Job 4:9; 2Th 2:8), as His people to His grace (Ps 110:2, 3). rod of iron--denotes severity (Re 2:27). a potter's vessel--when shivered cannot be mended, which will describe utter destruction.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
תְּ֭רֹעֵם	Te.ro.'em	you will break them	H7489 →
בְּשֵׁ֣בֶט	be.She.vet	with a rod of	H7626 →
בַּרְזֶ֑ל	bar.Zel	iron	H1270 →
כִּכְלִ֖י	kikh.Li	like a vessel of	H3627 →
יוֹצֵ֣ר	yo.Tzer	a potter	H3335 →
תְּנַפְּצֵֽם׃	te.na.pe.Tzem	you will smash them	H5310 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 19:15
And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath…
leads to
- Revelation 2:27
  He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 63:2–6
  Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress?
- Revelation 1:16
  He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8
  And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
- Isaiah 11:4
  but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the…
Through
Revelation 12:5
And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
leads to
- Revelation 19:15
  And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath…
- Revelation 2:26–27
  And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
Through
Psalms 89:23
I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 7:9
  I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms