Brokenness
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· 36 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 a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
See also Ps 34:18; Ps 51:8; Is 57:15; Is 66:2; Zec 12:10
Brokenness of heart
Brokenness of heart
He healeth the broken in heart,
And bindeth up their wounds.
See also Ps 34:18; Ps 69:20; Ps 109:16; Is 61:1; Je 23:9; Eze 21:6–7
Brokenness of spirit
Brokenness of spirit
My breath is corrupt,
My days are extinct,
The graves are ready for me.
See also Job 30:24; Job 31:38–40
Brokenness as a result of God’s judgment
Brokenness as a result of God’s judgment
On individuals
On individuals
And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together,
And they that 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
Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with 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 saith the Lord,
The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool:
Where is the house that ye build unto me?
And where is the place of my rest?
For all those things hath mine hand made,
And all those things have been, saith the Lord:
But to this man will I look,
Even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit,
And trembleth at my word.
See also Ps 34:18; Ps 51:16–17; Is 57:14–21