Psalms 2:9

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. This is the judgment upon the rebels, upon the scoffers, the manifestation of Christ's consuming anger on the great Day of Judgment. The breaking, the dashing to pieces, is a picture of eternal damnation, Revelation 2:27; Revelation 12:5; Revelation 19:15. Since, however, the mercy of God turns to thoughts of peace rather than to anger, His warning, coaxing cry goes forth in the closing words of the psalmist.