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New Defender's Study Bible Notes
2:9 rod of iron. This promise is also cited in the New Testament as applying specifically to Christ (Revelation 19:15). Christ extended it also to those of His followers who, faithful in enduring persecutions as He did, will be given “power over the nations,” and will be given authority to “rule them with a rod of iron” (Revelation 2:26-27).