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Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

10 And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that judge the earth.

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Ask me,
    and I will make the nations(A) your inheritance,(B)
    the ends of the earth(C) your possession.
You will break them with a rod of iron[a];(D)
    you will dash them to pieces(E) like pottery.(F)

10 Therefore, you kings, be wise;(G)
    be warned, you rulers(H) of the earth.

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Footnotes

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

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.

10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

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