Psalm 2:9 - Easy To Read Version9 You could destroy those nations like\par an iron rod shattering a clay pot. {\cf2\super [5]} ”\par See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 17699 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them in pieces like potters' ware. [Rev. 12:5; 19:15.] See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. See the chapterCommon English Bible9 You will smash them with an iron rod; you will shatter them like a pottery jar.” See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version9 You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter's vessel. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version9 Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break them in pieces like a potter's vessel. See the chapter |
At that time, say these things: ‘The Lord All-Powerful says, I will break the nation of Judah and the city of Jerusalem just like someone breaking a clay jar! This jar can’t be put back together again. It will be the same for the nation of Judah. The dead people will be buried here in Topheth until there is no more room.
“During the time of the kings \{of the fourth kingdom\}, the God of heaven will set up another kingdom. This kingdom will continue forever! It will never be destroyed! And it will be the kind of kingdom that can’t be passed on to another group of people. This kingdom will crush all those other kingdoms. It will bring those kingdoms to an end. But that kingdom itself will continue forever.
But the survivors {\cf2\super [67]} from Jacob in the nations\par scattered among those people\par will be like a lion\par among the animals in the forest.\par They will be like a young lion\par among flocks of sheep.\par If the lion passes through,\par he goes where he wants to go.\par If he attacks an animal,\par then no one can save that animal.\par \{The survivors will be like that.\}\par