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Psalms 2:3

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Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
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  1. Jeremiah 5:5Rank 1 from verse 3
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    5I 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.

  2. Luke 19:14Rank 2 from verse 3
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    14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

  3. 1 Peter 2:7–8Rank 3 from verse 3
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    7Unto 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,

    8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

  4. Luke 19:27Rank 4 from verse 3
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    27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

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Psalms 2:3

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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break

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1. To separate, fracture, burst, or open. 2. To interrupt or violate. 3. To subdue. 4. To burst forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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bands

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1. Groups or companies, especially of soldiers or raiders. 2. Bonds, cords, restraints, or ties that bind or join.

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cast

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1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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2:1WHY do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

2:2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,

2:3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

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2:4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

2:5Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

2:6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

2:7I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

2:8Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

2:9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

2:10Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

2:11Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

2:12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

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