Psalms 2:9
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
Studiennotiz
Study Note
God's promise to the Davidic king — 'you shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel' — presents the establishment of the royal order as involving the forcible subduing of rebellious nations. The image of the shattered pottery, once destroyed beyond reassembly, signals finality: the king's establishment is not a negotiated settlement but a decisive resolution of the nations' rebellion against the LORD. Revelation applies this verse to Christ at three points (2:27; 12:5; 19:15), each time in the context of the nations' opposition to the Lamb being overcome through Christ's eschatological sovereignty. The verse stands in the tension present throughout the Psalter between the God of steadfast love who desires the nations' blessing (Psalm 2:12) and the king who executes judgment on those who refuse his reign.
Andere Übersetzungen
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.'
They will be ruled by you with a rod of iron; they will be broken like a potter's vessel.
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