You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces as a potter's vessel.
Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion2
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'You shall rule them with a rod of iron' — near-verbatim source for the male child who 'is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron' (poimanei en rhabdō sidēra). Rev follows LXX poimanei (shepherd/rule) over Hebrew tero'em (break). Repeated in Rev 2:27; 19:15.
High confidence'You shall break them with a rod of iron' - direct source of 'He will rule them with an iron rod' (Rev 19:15; cf. 2:27; 12:5). The MT reads 'break' (te-ro'em), the LXX 'shepherd/rule' (poimaneis); Rev follows the LXX 'rule/shepherd.' Flag MT-vs-LXX: John uses LXX poimaino.
High confidenceEcho1
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
The messianic 'rod of iron' with which the king may break the nations could color Paul's threatened apostolic 'rod' (v.21), framing his authority in quasi-royal terms. Contested and faint: the immediate background is paternal/wisdom discipline, not royal judgment, so the Psalm 2 register is a possible overtone at best.
Low confidence