broken vessel
nounEtymology From Old Testament symbolism that people are like clay vessels.
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Biblical, Lifestyle, Religion Idiomatic A person who is destroyed or forgotten, or who feels flawed or broken.
- I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 31:12:
- I am a broken vessel, Lord rubble where a soul should be.2000. Jill Alexander Essbaum, Kenosis (poem). Published in Heaven, University Press of New England, p. 48:http://books.google.com/books?id=vDQpQ8AzLPAC&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22i+am+a+broken+vessel%22&source=web&ots=ZTM7SmiZUK&sig=sfLc4PEUu7-tAY4q63i8dIofxsE#PPA48,M1
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- 2005. Kara Williamson, quote in Undisguised, the new project by singer/songwriter Kara Williamson, Your Guide to Christian Music, Gospel, Feb 4 2005.https://web.archive.org/web/20060529091348/http://christianmusic.about.com/od/upcomingreleases/a/aakaraWundisg.htm I’m a broken vessel—thankfully, God uses broken vessels.
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