Psalm 2:9
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9 You shall break them with a rod of iron
and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”(A)
Revelation 12:5
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5 And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule[a] all the nations with a scepter of iron. But her child was snatched away and taken to God and to his throne,(A)
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- 12.5 Or to shepherd
Revelation 2:26-27
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26 To everyone who conquers and continues to do my works to the end,
I will give authority over the nations,(A)
27 to rule[a] them with an iron scepter,
as when clay pots are shattered—(B)
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- 2.27 Or to shepherd
Psalm 89:23
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23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.(A)
Revelation 19:15
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15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule[a] them with a scepter of iron; he will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.(A)
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- 19.15 Or will shepherd
Isaiah 30:14
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14 its breaking is like that of a potter’s vessel
that is smashed so ruthlessly
that among its fragments not a sherd is found
for taking fire from the hearth
or dipping water out of the cistern.(A)
Psalm 110:5-6
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5 The Lord is at your right hand;
he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.(A)
6 He will execute judgment among the nations,
filling them with corpses;
he will shatter heads
over the wide earth.(B)
Psalm 21:8-9
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8 Your hand will find out all your enemies;
your right hand will find out those who hate you.(A)
9 You will make them like a fiery furnace
when you appear.
The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath,
and fire will consume them.(B)
Daniel 2:44
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44 And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall this kingdom be left to another people. It shall crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever,(A)
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Jeremiah 19:11
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11 and shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts: So will I break this people and this city as one breaks a potter’s vessel, so that it can never be mended. In Topheth they shall bury until there is no more room to bury.(A)
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Matthew 21:44
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44 The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.”[a]
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Isaiah 60:12
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12 For the nation and kingdom
that will not serve you shall perish;
those nations shall be utterly laid waste.(A)
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