Psalms 2:9

“Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, etc.] Not his inheritance and possession among the Gentiles, the chosen ones given him by the Father; these he delights in, takes care of, protects, and preserves: but the stubborn and rebellious ones among the Heathen, and in each of the parts of the world, who will not have him to reign over them; who treat his person with contempt, reject his government, disobey his Gospel, and despise his commands; towards these Christ will use severity, and will exert his power and break them in pieces. The Vulgate Latin, Septuagint, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, render it, “shall feed” or “rule them”; and so it is cited in (<660227>Revelation 2:27 12:5…”

“His enemies shall be subject to His terrible power (Job 4:9; Th2 2:8), as His people to His grace (Psa 110:2-3). rod of iron--denotes severity (Rev 2:27). a potter's vessel--when shivered cannot be mended, which will describe utter destruction.”

“Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron - That is, evidently, thine enemies, for it cannot be supposed to be meant that he would sway such a scepter over his own people. The idea is that he would crush and subdue all his foes. He would have absolute power, and the grant which had been made to him would be accompanied with authority sufficient to hold it. That dominion which was to be conceded to him would be not only one of protection to his friends, but also of punishment on his enemies; and the statement here is made prominent because the former part of the psalm had respect to rebels, and the Messiah is here represented as being invested with power sufficient to punish and restrain them.…”

“Them - Those that will not quietly submit to thee, shall be crushed and destroyed by thee. This was in part fulfilled, when the Jews who persisted in unbelief, were destroyed by the Romans power: And in the destruction of the Pagan power, when the Christian religion came to be established. But it will not be compleatly fulfilled, 'till all opposing power and principality be put down. Psalms 2:10”

“2:9 The Lord gives his anointed ruler the power to conquer the nations as his inheritance (Isa 11:4; Rev 2:27; 12:5; 19:15), breaking their rebellion, resistance, and independence.”

“Psa 21:8, Psa 21:9, Psa 89:23, Psa 110:5, Psa 110:6; Isa 30:14, Isa 60:12; Jer 19:11; Dan 2:44; Mat 21:44; Rev 2:26, Rev 2:27, Rev 12:5 Psalms 2:10”