Psalms 2:9

⁷ I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.

⁸ Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.

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

¹⁰ Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.

¹¹ Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
KJV: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
WEB: You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
ASV: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter`s vessel.
DARBY: Thou shalt break them with a sceptre of iron, as a potter's vessel thou shalt dash them in pieces.
BLB: You will break them with a rod of iron; You will shatter them like a vessel of a potter.”

ÅB: Du skal knuse dem med jernstav;
du skal slå dem i stykker som pottemakerens krukke.»
OTB: Du skal knuse dem med et jernsepter,
Du skal slå dem i stykker som pottemakerens kar.”
B1930: Du skal knuse dem med jernstav; som en pottemakers kar skal du sønderslå dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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.
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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.
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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 of God the Almighty.
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Psalms 89:23
I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
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Isaiah 30:14
It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”
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Psalms 110:5–6
The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
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Psalms 21:8–9
Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
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Jeremiah 19:11
and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.
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