Psalm 2:1

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

WHY DO the nations assemble with commotion [uproar and confusion of voices], and why do the people imagine (meditate upon and devise) an empty scheme?

Cross References

Psalm 18:42

Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the dirt and mire of the streets.

Psalm 21:11

For they planned evil against You; they conceived a mischievous plot which they are not able to perform.

Psalm 46:6

The nations raged, the kingdoms tottered and were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.

Psalm 46:7

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our Refuge (our Fortress and High Tower). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

Psalm 57:9

I will praise and give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to You among the nations.

Psalm 74:23

Do not forget the [clamoring] voices of Your adversaries, the tumult of those who rise up against You, which ascends continually.

Psalm 83:3

They lay crafty schemes against Your people and consult together against Your hidden and precious ones.

Isaiah 8:9

Make an uproar and be broken in pieces, O you peoples [rage, raise the war cry, do your worst, and be utterly dismayed]! Give ear, all you [our enemies] of far countries. Gird yourselves [for war], and be thrown into consternation! Gird yourselves, and be [utterly] dismayed!

Matthew 21:38

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, This is the heir; come on, let us kill him and have his inheritance.

Luke 18:32

For He will be handed over to the Gentiles and will be made sport of and scoffed and jeered at and insulted and spit upon. [Isa. 50:6.]

Luke 22:5

And they were delighted and pledged [themselves] to give him money.

Acts 16:22

The crowd [also] joined in the attack upon them, and the rulers tore the clothes off of them and commanded that they be beaten with rods.

Acts 5:33

Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and infuriated and wanted to kill the disciples.

Revelation 17:14

They will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them; for He is Lord of lords and King of kings–and those with Him and on His side are chosen and called [elected] and loyal and faithful followers. [Dan. 2:47.]