He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh,.... At the rage and tumult of the Heathen; at the vain imaginations of the people; at the opposition of the kings of the earth; at the mad counsel of the rulers, against him and his Messiah; and at their proposal to one another to throw off the yoke and government of them both.
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Psalms 2:4
Psalms 2:4
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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