Psa 2:1-3, Isa 34:1-10, 63:1-6, Rev 11:2, 9-10, 17:12-15, 19:19-20 | ESV | STEP | Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain ?

Psalms 2:1-3

The Reign of the Lord’s Anointed

1 ^aWhy do ^bthe nations rage ^{▼▼Or nations noisily assemble}
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his ^dAnointed, saying,
3 “Let us ^eburst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”

Isaiah 34:1-10

Judgment on the Nations

1 Draw near, ^fO nations, to hear,
and give attention, O peoples!
Let the earth hear, and all that fills it;
the world, and all that comes from it.
2 For the Lord is enraged against all the nations,
and furious against all their host;
he has ^gdevoted them to destruction, ^{▼▼That is, set apart ( devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verse 5} has given them over for slaughter.
3 Their slain shall be cast out,
and ⁱthe stench of their corpses shall rise;
^jthe mountains shall flow with their blood.
4 ^kAll the host of heaven shall rot away,
and the skies roll up like a scroll.
All their host shall fall,
as leaves fall from the vine,
like leaves falling from the fig tree.
5 For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;
behold, it descends for judgment upon ^lEdom,
upon the people ^mI have devoted to destruction.
6 The Lord has a sword; it is sated with blood;
it is gorged with fat,
with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of the kidneys of rams.
ⁿFor the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7 ^oWild oxen shall ^pfall with them,
and ^qyoung steers with ^rthe mighty bulls.
Their land shall drink its fill of blood,
and their soil shall be gorged with fat.
8 ^sFor the Lord has a day of vengeance,
a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
9 ^tAnd the streams of Edom ^{▼▼Hebrew her streams} shall be turned into pitch,
and her soil into sulfur;
her land shall become burning pitch.
10 Night and day ^vit shall not be quenched;
^wits smoke shall go up forever.
^xFrom generation to generation it shall lie waste;
none shall pass through it forever and ever.

Isaiah 63:1-6

The Lord’s Day of Vengeance

1 Who is this who comes from ^yEdom,
in crimsoned garments from ^zBozrah,
he who is splendid in his apparel,
^aamarching in the greatness of his strength?
“It is I, speaking in righteousness,
mighty to save.”
2 Why is your ^abapparel red,
and your garments like his ^acwho treads in the winepress?
3 ^ad“I have trodden the winepress alone,
^aeand from the peoples no one was with me;
I trod them in my anger
and trampled them in my wrath;
their lifeblood ^{▼▼Or their juice; also verse 6} spattered on my garments,
and stained all my apparel.
4 ^agFor the day of vengeance was in my heart,
and my year of redemption ^{▼▼Or the year of my redeemed} had come.
5 I looked, but ^aithere was no one to help;
I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold;
so my own arm brought me salvation,
and my wrath upheld me.
6 I trampled down the peoples in my anger;
^ajI made them drunk in my wrath,
and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”

Revelation of John 11:2

2 but do not measure ^akthe court outside the temple; leave that out, for ^alit is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for ^amforty-two months.

Revelation of John 11:9-10

9 For three and a half days some from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and ^anrefuse to let them be placed in a tomb, 10 and ^aothose who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and ^apexchange presents, because these two prophets ^aqhad been a torment to those who dwell on the earth.

Revelation of John 17:12-15

12 And ^arthe ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings ^asfor one hour, together with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they hand over their power and authority to the beast. 14 They ^atwill make war on the Lamb, and ^authe Lamb will conquer them, for he is ^avLord of lords and ^awKing of kings, and those with him are ^axcalled and chosen and faithful.”

15 And the angel ^{▼▼Greek he} said to me, ^az“The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.

Revelation of John 19:19-20

19 And I saw ^bathe beast and the kings of the earth with their armies ^bbgathered to make war against him who was sitting on the horse and against his army. 20 And the beast was captured, and with it ^bcthe false prophet ^bdwho in its presence ^{▼▼Or on its behalf} had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who ^bfworshiped its image. These two were ^bgthrown alive into the lake of ^bhfire that burns with sulfur.