Brokenness
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· 6 viewsGod breaks the spirit of the proud and arrogant so that in their humility and brokenness they may come to repentance and restoration. A crushed heart or spirit may be caused by tragic circumstances or by God’s judgment.
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Brokenness before God
Brokenness before God
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
See also Is 57:15; Is 66:2; Zec 12:10; Ps 34:18; Ps 51:8
Brokenness of heart
Brokenness of heart
He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
See also Is 61:1; Je 23:9; Ps 69:20; Ps 34:18; Ps 109:16; Eze 21:6–7
Brokenness of spirit
Brokenness of spirit
“My spirit is broken; my days are extinct;
the graveyard is ready for me.
See also Job 31:38–40; Job 30:24
Brokenness as a result of God’s judgment
Brokenness as a result of God’s judgment
On individuals
On individuals
But rebels and sinners shall be broken together,
and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
See also Job 24:20; Is 8:12–15; Is 65:14–15; Je 22:24–30
On nations
On nations
But as for you, you shall be broken and lie among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword.
See also Je 48:4–5; Je 48:16–17; Je 48:38–39; Je 50:23–24; Je 51:6–10
Brokenness as contrition
Brokenness as contrition
Thus says the Lord:
“Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool;
what is the house that you would build for me,
and what is the place of my rest?
All these things my hand has made,
and so all these things came to be,
declares the Lord.
But this is the one to whom I will look:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit
and trembles at my word.
See also Ps 51:16–17; Ps 34:18; Is 57:14–21
