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Psa. 2:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou shalt break
ra`a` (Hebrew #7489)
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
KJV usage: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), + displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, X indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
Pronounce: raw-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
them with a rod
shebet (Hebrew #7626)
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
KJV usage: X correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: shay'-bet
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to branch off
w of iron
barzel (Hebrew #1270)
iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement
KJV usage: (ax) head, iron.
Pronounce: bar-zel'
Origin: perhaps from the root of 1269
; thou shalt dash them in pieces
naphats (Hebrew #5310)
to dash to pieces, or scatter
KJV usage: be beaten in sunder, break (in pieces), broken, dash (in pieces), cause to be discharged, dispersed, be overspread, scatter.
Pronounce: naw-fats'
Origin: a primitive root
like a potter’s
yatsar (Hebrew #3335)
((compare 3331)); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
KJV usage: X earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.
Pronounce: yaw-tsar'
Origin: probably identical with 3334 (through the squeezing into shape)
vessel
kliy (Hebrew #3627)
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
KJV usage: armour ((-bearer)), artillery, bag, carriage, + furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, X one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, + psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, + whatsoever.
Pronounce: kel-ee'
Origin: from 3615
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Rev. 2:27• 27And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. (Rev. 2:27)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 21:8‑9• 8Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
 9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. (Psa. 21:8‑9)
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Psa. 89:23• 23And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. (Psa. 89:23)
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Psa. 110:5‑6• 5The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
 6He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries. (Psa. 110:5‑6)
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Isa. 30:14• 14And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit. (Isa. 30:14)
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Isa. 60:12• 12For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. (Isa. 60:12)
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Jer. 19:11• 11And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury. (Jer. 19:11)
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Dan. 2:44• 44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. (Dan. 2:44)
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Matt. 21:44• 44And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. (Matt. 21:44)
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Rev. 2:26‑27• 26And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
 27And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. (Rev. 2:26‑27)
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Rev. 12:5• 5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. (Rev. 12:5)
• The kingdoms of man will be broken, like a potter’s vessel dashed in pieces, beyond all possibility of reconstruction. (“Psalms 2” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou shalt break them with a sceptreh of iron, as a potter’s vessel thou shalt dash them in pieces.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "rod." see Gen. 49.10.