Religion

Ezekiel 34:27: Jesus, bid the chains be broke

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)

Religion

Jesus, bid the chains be broke
Which hold us bound within,
By Thy Spirit destroy the yoke,
The heart-oppressing sin.
To full liberty restored,
Renew'd in all our ransom'd powers
Then we know Thou art the Lord
Through endless ages ours.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Ezekiel 34:27: Jesus, bid the chains be broke.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3696/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Ezekiel 34:27: Jesus, bid the chains be broke.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3696/.

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