King James Version
What Does Psalms 2:3 Mean?
“Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.”
Context
1
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? rage: or, tumultuously assemble imagine: Heb. meditate
2
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. vex: or, trouble
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(3) **Let us break.**—The whispered purpose now breaks out into loud menace, and we hear their defiance pass along the ranks of the rebels.
**Cords.**—The LXX. and Vulg. have “yoke,” which is in keeping with the metaphor of a restive animal. (Comp. Isaiah 58:6; Isaiah 10:27.)
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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Cross-References
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