I will declare the Lord’s decree.
He said to me, “You are my Son;[a]
today I have become your Father.(A)
Ask of me,
and I will make the nations your inheritance
and the ends of the earth your possession.(B)
You will break them with an iron scepter;
you will shatter them like pottery.”(C)

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  1. 2:7 Or son, also in v. 12

I will proclaim the Lord’s decree:

He said to me, “You are my son;(A)
    today I have become your father.(B)
Ask me,
    and I will make the nations(C) your inheritance,(D)
    the ends of the earth(E) your possession.
You will break them with a rod of iron[a];(F)
    you will dash them to pieces(G) like pottery.(H)

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  1. Psalm 2:9 Or will rule them with an iron scepter (see Septuagint and Syriac)

I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

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27 and he will rule[a](A) them with an iron scepter;
he will shatter them like pottery[b](B)

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  1. 2:27 Or shepherd
  2. 2:27 Ps 2:9

27 that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter(A) and will dash them to pieces like pottery’[a](B)—just as I have received authority from my Father.

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  1. Revelation 2:27 Psalm 2:9

27 And 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.

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15 A sharp[a] sword(A) came from his mouth, so that he might strike the nations with it.(B) He will rule[b] them with an iron rod.(C) He will also trample the winepress of the fierce anger of God,(D) the Almighty.

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  1. 19:15 Other mss add double-edged
  2. 19:15 Or shepherd

15 Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword(A) with which to strike down(B) the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”[a](C) He treads the winepress(D) of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.

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  1. Revelation 19:15 Psalm 2:9

15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

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