Psalm 2:9
Douay-Rheims
Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
Augustine of Hippo
"You shall rule them with a rod of iron," with inflexible justice, and "You shall break them like a potter's vessel" [Psalm 2:9]; that is, "You shall break" in them earthly lusts, and the filthy doings of the old man, and whatsoever has been derived and inured from the sinful clay.
Source details
A.D. 430 · on Ps 2:9 (Exposition on Psalm 2)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.