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However, the concept of something being cracked or broken can be found in various passages that discuss brokenness, both in a physical and spiritual sense. The imagery of cracked or broken objects often symbolizes a deeper spiritual truth or condition.<br><br><b>Physical Brokenness:</b><br><br>The Bible frequently uses physical brokenness to illustrate spiritual realities. For example, in <a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13</a> , God speaks through the prophet Jeremiah, saying, "For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water." Here, the "broken cisterns" symbolize the futility of relying on anything other than God for sustenance and fulfillment. The cracked cisterns represent the spiritual emptiness and inadequacy of idolatry and self-reliance.<br><br><b>Spiritual Brokenness:</b><br><br>The concept of brokenness is also prevalent in the spiritual context, where it often refers to a state of humility and contrition before God. <a href="/psalms/51-17.htm">Psalm 51:17</a> states, "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise." In this verse, a "broken spirit" signifies a heart that is repentant and fully aware of its need for God's mercy and grace. The imagery of being cracked or broken is used to convey the idea of being open and receptive to God's transformative work.<br><br><b>Restoration and Healing:</b><br><br>While the Bible acknowledges the reality of brokenness, it also emphasizes God's power to restore and heal. <a href="/isaiah/61.htm">Isaiah 61:1</a> proclaims, "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners." This passage highlights God's mission to heal those who are spiritually and emotionally broken, offering hope and restoration through His anointed servant.<br><br><b>Symbolism in Pottery:</b><br><br>The imagery of cracked pottery is another biblical motif that illustrates the relationship between God and His people. In <a href="/jeremiah/18-4.htm">Jeremiah 18:4</a> , the prophet observes a potter working with clay: "But the vessel he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand, so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do." This passage underscores God's sovereignty and ability to reshape and redeem His people, even when they are flawed or broken.<br><br><b>Conclusion:</b><br><br>The concept of being cracked or broken in the Bible serves as a powerful metaphor for human frailty, sin, and the need for divine intervention. Through the imagery of broken cisterns, spirits, and pottery, Scripture communicates the profound truth that while humanity is inherently flawed, God offers restoration and wholeness to those who turn to Him in faith and repentance.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>imp. & p. p.</I>) of Crack.<p>2. (<I>a.</I>) Coarsely ground or broken; as, cracked wheat.<p>3. (<I>a.</I>) Crack-brained.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2865.htm"><span class="l">2865. chathath -- to be shattered or dismayed</span></a><br><b>...</b> root Definition to be shattered or dismayed NASB Word Usage been shattered (3),<br> break (1), <b>cracked</b> (1), dismay (1), dismayed (26), frighten (1), shatter (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2865.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/pastor/the_pastor_books_first_second_third/similitude_eighth_the_sins_of.htm"><span class="l">The Sins of the Elect and of the Penitent are of Many Kinds, but <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Next they gave them in who had them half-withered and <b>cracked</b>; [325] and many of<br> them gave them in green and without cracks; and some green and with offshoots <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../pastor/the pastor books first second third/similitude eighth the sins of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/naylor/heart_talks/talk_forty-eight_getting_the_kernel.htm"><span class="l">Getting the Kernel</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The smallest child picked it up; and as his mother went on cracking others, he held<br> it up to her and in his baby language asked to have it <b>cracked</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../naylor/heart talks/talk forty-eight getting the kernel.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_60_1914/justification_by_faith.htm"><span class="l">Justification by Faith</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to our trust a perfect crystal vase, and had said, "If you keep that whole, and<br> present it to me, you shall have a reward." But we have <b>cracked</b> it, chipped it <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 60 1914/justification by faith.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_60_1914/a_new_years_benediction.htm"><span class="l">A New Year's Benediction</span></a> <br><b>...</b> not tell them, "You must do this or that, or you will be punished; you must do this,<br> and then you shall obtain a reward for it." They never <b>cracked</b> the whip of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 60 1914/a new years benediction.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_3/chapter_iithe_temples_and_the.htm"><span class="l">The Temples and the Gods of Chaldaea</span></a> <br><b>...</b> on the contrary, they are merely heaps of rubbish in which no architectural outline<br> can be distinguished"mounds of stiff and greyish clay, <b>cracked</b> by the sun <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter iithe temples and the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/murray/absolute_surrender/the_fruit_of_the_spirit.htm"><span class="l">"The Fruit of the Spirit is Love"</span></a> <br><b>...</b> ask of God. Remember that if a vessel that ought to be one whole is <b>cracked</b><br> into many pieces, it cannot be filled. You can take <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/murray/absolute surrender/the fruit of the spirit.htm</font><p><a href="/library/moody/weighed_and_wanting/the_handwriting_blotted_out.htm"><span class="l">The Handwriting Blotted Out</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Away back in his life we should find numerous <b>cracked</b> commandments. His exposure<br> is only the falling of the vase to pieces. FALSE WEIGHTS. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../moody/weighed and wanting/the handwriting blotted out.htm</font><p><a href="/library/champness/broken_bread/lvii_a_picture_of_conversion.htm"><span class="l">A Picture of Conversion. 2 Kings ii. 19-22.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> We have this treasure in earthen vessels, and if we are to be useful, we<br> had better be <b>cracked</b>, if clean, than entire, but vile. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/champness/broken bread/lvii a picture of conversion.htm</font><p><a href="/library/farrar/gathering_clouds_a_tale_of_the_days_of_st_chrysostom/chapter_iii_the_agony_and.htm"><span class="l">The Agony, and the Consoler</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Men had seen a spectral woman, tall and horrible, passing through all the streets<br> with a whip, which she <b>cracked</b> in the air with terrific noise. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter iii the agony and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/emmerich/the_dolorous_passion_of_our_lord_jesus_christ/chapter_xl_crucifixion_of_the.htm"><span class="l">Crucifixion of the Thieves.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> made of the bark of trees, and fastened their wrists, elbows, knees, and feet in<br> like manner, drawing the cords so tight that their joints <b>cracked</b>, and the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter xl crucifixion of the.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/c/cracked.htm"><span class="l"><b>Cracked</b> (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (imp. & pp) of Crack. 2. (a.) Coarsely ground or broken; as, <b>cracked</b> wheat. 3.<br> (a.) Crack-brained. Multi-Version Concordance <b>Cracked</b> (6 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/cracked.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/chapt.htm"><span class="l">Chapt (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> means "broken," "terrified" or "dismayed." This term as it occurs in Jeremiah<br> 14:4 is rendered "chapt" in English Versions of the Bible, "<b>cracked</b>" in the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/chapt.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/crack.htm"><span class="l">Crack (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/crack.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/necked.htm"><span class="l">Necked (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (a.) Having (such) a neck; -- chiefly used in composition; as, stiff-necked.<br> 3. (a.) <b>Cracked</b>; -- said of a treenail. Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/necked.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/groats.htm"><span class="l">Groats (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary (n. pl.) Dried grain, as oats or wheat, hulled and broken<br> or crushed; in high milling, <b>cracked</b> fragments of wheat larger than grits. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/groats.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/flowers.htm"><span class="l">Flowers (42 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> colors fade into masses of withered leaves (not uncommonly cleared by burning),<br> and then even these are blown, away, so that but bare, <b>cracked</b> and baked earth <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/flowers.htm - 22k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/food-bags.htm"><span class="l">Food-bags (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Joshua 9:4 Acting with deceit, got food together as if for a long journey; and took<br> old food-bags for their asses, and old and <b>cracked</b> wine-skins kept together <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/food-bags.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/trachonitis.htm"><span class="l">Trachonitis (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> At times we passed over vast sheets of lava which in cooling had <b>cracked</b> in nearly<br> regular lines, and which, broken through in parts, appeared to rest on a <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/trachonitis.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mine.htm"><span class="l">Mine (2991 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The shafts frequently extended into the ground a distance of 180 to 200 ft. The<br> rock when too hard to be dug out was first <b>cracked</b> by having fires built on it. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mine.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mining.htm"><span class="l">Mining</span></a><br><b>...</b> The shafts frequently extended into the ground a distance of 180 to 200 ft. The<br> rock when too hard to be dug out was first <b>cracked</b> by having fires built on it. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mining.htm - 8k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Gibeonites.html">Who were the Gibeonites? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/tomb-of-Adam.html">Is it true that Jesus was crucified above the tomb of Adam? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/not-of-this-world.html">What does it mean that Christians are not of this world? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/cracked.htm">Cracked: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Cracked (6 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/9-4.htm">Joshua 9:4</a></span><br />Acting with deceit, got food together as if for a long journey; and took old food-bags for their asses, and old and <span class="boldtext">cracked</span> wine-skins kept together with cord;<br /><span class="source">(BBE NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/9-13.htm">Joshua 9:13</a></span><br />And these wine-skins were new when we put the wine in them, and now they are <span class="boldtext">cracked</span> as you see; and our clothing and our shoes have become old because of our very long journey here.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/9-53.htm">Judges 9:53</a></span><br />But a certain woman sent a great stone, such as is used for crushing grain, on to the head of Abimelech, cracking the bone.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/7-5.htm">Job 7:5</a></span><br />My flesh is covered with worms and dust; my skin gets hard and then is <span class="boldtext">cracked</span> again. <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/30-13.htm">Isaiah 30:13</a></span><br />This sin will be to you like a crack in a high wall, causing its fall suddenly and in a minute.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Jeremiah 14:4</a></span><br />Because of the ground which is <span class="boldtext">cracked</span>, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV NAS NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/c/cracked.htm">Cracked</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cracked.htm">Cracked (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/futility.htm">Futility (19 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bushes.htm">Bushes (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/crackling.htm">Crackling (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/meaningless.htm">Meaningless (32 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/crushing.htm">Crushing (93 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bone.htm">Bone (35 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/c/crack.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Crack"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Crack" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/c/cracking.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Cracking"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Cracking" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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