Psalms 2:3 · KJV
“Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.”
— Psalms 2:3
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, {saying},
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Psalms 2 — Context
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? {rage: or, tumultuously assemble} {imagine: Heb. meditate}
2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, {saying},
3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. {vex: or, trouble}
Cross References
Jeremiah 5:5
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, {and} the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, {and} burst the bonds.
Luke 19:14
But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this {man} to reign over us.
1 Peter 2:7-8
Unto you therefore which believe {he is} precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, {precious: or, an honour}
Luke 19:27
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay {them} before me.