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Psalm 2:3

“Let’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.”

1Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
2The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his Anointed, saying,
3“Let’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.”
4He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.
5Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:
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Bonds and cords are the rulers’ names for the authority of YHWH and his Anointed, revealing how their demand for freedom becomes defiance.

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Where else Scripture says this

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Jeremiah 5:5I will go to the great men and will speak to them, for they know the way of the LORD, and the law of their God.” But these with one accord have broken the …Both passages describe leaders rejecting God’s authority through the language of breaking bonds.
Luke 19:14But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’Both passages voice a shared refusal to accept a ruler’s authority: the kings reject the LORD’s Anointed, and the citizens reject their ruler.
1 Peter 2:7–8For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,”Both passages describe rejection: rulers oppose the LORD’s Anointed, and builders reject the stone that becomes the chief cornerstone.
Luke 19:27But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’”Both texts depict resistance to a ruler; Luke’s parable also portrays the king ordering his enemies killed.
Jeremiah 44:16“As for the word that you have spoken to us in the LORD’s name, we will not listen to you.Both passages contain an outspoken refusal of the LORD’s authority, expressed through rejecting his rule or refusing his word.
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Encouragement

The rulers speak as though God’s authority can be thrown off. Their agreement does not make them sovereign; the Lord remains seated in heaven.

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