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27. ποιμανεῖ. Lit., “shall be their shepherd,” cf. Psa 2:9 (LXX.), ποιμανεῖς αὐτοὺς ἐν ῥάβδῳ σιδηρᾷ. The word as pointed in the received Hebrew text means ‘bruise’ or ‘break them.’ Here and in Rev 12:5, Rev 19:15 St John follows the LXX., see note on Rev 1:7.
ὡς τὰ σκεύη τὰ κεραμικὰ συντρίβεται. He is to rule the nations with a mastery as absolute as is expressed in crushing a potsherd. There is nothing in the Hebrew or in any known version to suggest the curious change of subject in “he shall rule … as the vessels are broken.” It puzzled Arethas who thought that ὡς would have been followed by a subjunctive in ordinary Greek.
ὡς κἀγώ. “As I also.” Of course the meaning is that Psa 2:9 is assumed to be the promise of the Father to the Son; as is plain from the eighth verse.