Brokenness

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God 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

Psalm 51:17 NIV
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.
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Brokenness of heart

Psalm 147:3 NIV
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
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Brokenness of spirit

Job 17:1 NIV
My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me.
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Brokenness as a result of God’s judgment

On individuals

Isaiah 1:28 NIV
But rebels and sinners will both be broken, and those who forsake the Lord will perish.
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On nations

Ezekiel 32:28 NIV
“You too, Pharaoh, will be broken and will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.
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Brokenness as contrition

Isaiah 66:1–2 NIV
This is what the Lord says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be? Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?” declares the Lord. “These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.
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