289 verses contain “broke” (in the KJV: 201, in the BSB: 182) — showing 101–200
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O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine
handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your
maidservant; You have
broken my bonds.
It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the
snare of the fowlers: the
snare is
broken, and we are escaped.
We have escaped like a bird from the
snare of the fowler; the net is
torn, and we have
slipped away.
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
By his knowledge the depths are
broken up, and the clouds drop down the
dew.
By His knowledge the
watery depths were
broken open, and the clouds
dripped with
dew.
Therefore shall his
calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be
broken without remedy.
Therefore
calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be
shattered beyond recovery.
A
merry heart maketh a
cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is
broken.
A joyful heart makes a
cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
A
merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a
broken spirit drieth the bones.
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
The spirit of a man will
sustain his
infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
The spirit of a man can
endure his sickness, but who can
survive a
broken spirit?
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and
nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was
broken down.
Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
And if one prevail against him, two shall
withstand him; and a
threefold cord is not quickly
broken.
And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden
bowl be
broken, or the pitcher be
broken at the fountain, or the wheel
broken at the
cistern.
Remember Him before the silver cord is
snapped and the golden
bowl is
crushed, before the pitcher is
shattered at the spring and the wheel is
broken at the well,
None of them grows
weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no
sandal strap is
broken.
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within
threescore and five years shall Ephraim be
broken, that it be not a people.
For the head of
Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be
shattered as a people.
Associate
yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be
broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries:
gird yourselves, and ye shall be
broken in pieces;
gird yourselves, and ye shall be
broken in pieces.
And many among them shall
stumble, and fall, and be
broken, and be
snared, and be taken.
Many will
stumble over these; they will fall and be
broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
For thou hast
broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his
oppressor, as in the day of
Midian.
For as in the day of
Midian You have
shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their
oppressor.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the
anointing.
On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.
The LORD hath
broken the staff of the wicked, and the
sceptre of the rulers.
The LORD has
broken the staff of the wicked, the
scepter of the rulers.
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that
smote thee is
broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a
cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a
fiery flying serpent.
Do not
rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is
broken. For a
viper will spring from the root of the
snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
For the fields of
Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have
broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they
wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
For the fields of
Heshbon have
withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have
trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.
And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.
The workers in cloth will be
dejected, and all the
hired workers will be sick at heart.
And, behold, here cometh a
chariot of men, with a couple of
horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the
graven images of her gods he hath
broken unto the ground.
Look, here come the riders,
horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie
shattered on the ground!”
And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye
broken down to
fortify the wall.
You counted the houses of Jerusalem and
tore them down to
strengthen the wall.
The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
The earth is utterly
broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is
shaken violently.
When the boughs thereof are
withered, they shall be
broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will
shew them no favour.
When its limbs are dry, they are
broken off. Women come and use them for
kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no
compassion on them, and their
Creator shows them no favor.
But the word of the LORD was unto them
precept upon
precept,
precept upon
precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be
broken, and
snared, and taken.
Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go
stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is
broken in pieces; he shall not
spare: so that there shall not be found in the
bursting of it a
sherd to take fire from the
hearth, or to take water
withal out of the pit.
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be
sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.
The
highways lie waste, the
wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath
broken the covenant, he hath
despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
The
highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been
broken, the witnesses are
despised, and human life is disregarded.
Look upon
Zion, the city of our
solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet
habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be
broken.
Look upon
Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not
wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be
broken.
Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this
broken reed, on Egypt;
whereon if a man
lean, it will go into his hand, and
pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that
splintered reed of a staff that will
pierce the hand of
anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
So
Sennacherib king of Assyria
broke camp and withdrew. He returned to
Nineveh and stayed there.
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the
scorn of men; do not be
broken by their insults.
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be
shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be
broken,” says the LORD, who has
compassion on you.
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath
anointed me to
preach good
tidings unto the
meek; he hath sent me to bind up the
brokenhearted, to
proclaim liberty to the
captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has
anointed Me to
preach 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,
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall
howl for
vexation of spirit.
My servants will
shout for joy with a
glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and
wail with a
broken spirit.
For my people have committed two evils; they have
forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and
hewed them out cisterns,
broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
“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.
Also the children of
Noph and Tahapanes have
broken the crown of thy head.
The men of
Memphis and Tahpanhes have
shaved the crown of your head.
For of old time I have
broken thy yoke, and
burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not
transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the
harlot.
“For long ago you
broke your yoke and
tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a
prostitute.
I
beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were
broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were
torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger.
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether
broken the yoke, and
burst the bonds.
I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one
accord, had
broken the yoke and
torn off the chains.
For the
hurt of the daughter of my people am I
hurt; I am black;
astonishment hath taken hold on me.
For the
brokenness of the daughter of my people I am
crushed. I
mourn;
horror has gripped me.
Woe is me for my
hurt! my wound is
grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
Woe to me because of my
brokenness; my wound is
grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”
My tabernacle is
spoiled, and all my cords are
broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are
snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.
They are turned back to the
iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have
broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.
The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great
tumult he hath
kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are
broken.
The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty
roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.
Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is
broken with a great breach, with a very
grievous blow.
You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been
shattered by a
crushing blow, a severely
grievous wound.
Is this man Coniah a
despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
Is this man Coniah a
despised and
shattered pot, a
jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants
hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?
Mine heart within me is
broken because of the prophets; all my bones
shake; I am like a
drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his
holiness.
As for the prophets: My heart is
broken within me, and all my bones
tremble. I have become like a
drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and
brake it.
Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
But shortly after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke off his neck, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
“Go and tell Hananiah that this is what the LORD says: ‘You have broken a yoke of wood, but in its place you have fashioned a yoke of iron.’
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they
brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt— a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.
Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne.
And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
When the
Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
And in the
eleventh year of
Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was
broken up.
And on the ninth day of the fourth month of
Zedekiah’s
eleventh year, the city was breached.
And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and
brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
All ye that are about him,
bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff
broken, and the beautiful rod!
Moab is confounded; for it is
broken down:
howl and cry; and tell ye it in
Arnon, that Moab is
spoiled,
Moab is put to shame, for it has been
shattered.
Wail and cry out! Declare by the
Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.
There shall be
lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have
broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.
On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares,
everyone is
mourning; for I have
shattered Moab like an unwanted
jar,” declares the LORD.
They shall
howl, saying, How is it
broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a
derision and a dismaying to all them about him.
“How
shattered it is! How they
wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of
ridicule and
horror to all those around him.”
Declare ye among the nations, and
publish, and set up a standard;
publish, and
conceal not: say, Babylon is taken,
Bel is confounded, Merodach is
broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are
broken in pieces.
“
Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a
banner and
proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured;
Bel is put to shame; Marduk is
shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are
broken in pieces.’
Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath
devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath
broken his bones.
Israel is a scattered flock,
chased away by lions. The first to
devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to
crush his bones was
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut
asunder and
broken! how is Babylon become a
desolation among the nations!
How the hammer of the whole earth lies
broken and
shattered! What a
horror Babylon has become among the nations!
The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set
ablaze, the bars of her gates are
broken.
Because the
spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is
broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.
For a destroyer is coming against her— against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be
broken, for the LORD is a God of
retribution; He will repay in full.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly
broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the
folk in the fire, and they shall be
weary.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will
exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”
Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard,
brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.
Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the
brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans
brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are
wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
My transgressions are bound into a yoke,
knit together by His hand; they are
draped over my neck, and the Lord has
broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot
withstand.
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.
Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and
shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has
shattered my bones.
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
He has ground my teeth with gravel and
trampled me in the dust.
And your altars shall be
desolate, and your images shall be
broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
Your altars will be
demolished and your incense altars will be
smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be
desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made
desolate, and your idols may be
broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
Wherever you live, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be
demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and
desecrated, your idols
smashed and
obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works
blotted out.
And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations
whither they shall be carried
captives, because I am
broken with their
whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a
whoring after their idols: and they shall
lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
Then in the nations to which they have been carried
captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been
grieved by their
adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that
lusted after idols. So they will
loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he
despised, and whose covenant he
brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he
despised and whose covenant he
broke.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath
despised, and my covenant that he hath
broken, even it will I
recompense upon his own head.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he
despised and My covenant that he
broke.
But she was
plucked up in
fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were
broken and
withered; the fire consumed them.
But it was uprooted in
fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were
stripped off and they
withered; the fire consumed them.
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness
sigh before their eyes.
But you, son of man,
groan!
Groan before their eyes with a
broken heart and bitter grief.
Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem,
Aha, she is
broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be
replenished, now she is laid waste:
“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘
Aha! The gate to the nations is
broken; it has
swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
Your
oarsmen have brought you
onto the high seas, but the east wind will
shatter you in the heart of the sea.
In the time when thou shalt be
broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy
merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.
Now you are
shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your
merchandise and the people among you have gone down with you.
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou
didst break, and
rend all their shoulder: and when they
leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you
splintered,
tearing all their shoulders; when they
leaned on you, you
broke, and their backs were
wrenched.
And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in
Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be
broken down.
A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be
anguish in
Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are
torn down.
Son of man, I have
broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be
healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.
“Son of man, I have
broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for
healing, or
splinted for strength to hold the sword.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.
And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
Foreigners, the most
ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay
broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.
Yea, thou shalt be
broken in the midst of the
uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword.
The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye
healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was
broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
You have not strengthened the weak,
healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was
broken, and will
strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the
broken, and
strengthen the weak; but the
sleek and strong I will destroy. I will
shepherd them with justice.’