Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

By my neck

Bible References

At ease

Job 1:2
And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
Job 3:26
I am not at ease, nor am I quiet, neither have I rest, but trouble comes.
Job 29:3
when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

Broken me

Job 4:10
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
Psalm 44:19
that thou have greatly broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Lamentations 3:4
He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.
Matthew 21:44
And he who falls on this stone will be shattered, but on whomever it may fall, it will grind him to dust.

By my neck

Job 15:26
He runs upon him with a [stiff] neck, with the thick studs of his bucklers,
Romans 16:4
(who laid down their own neck for my life, to whom not only I thank, but also all the congregations of the Gentiles), and the congregation associated with their house.

Shaken

Lamentations 3:11
He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate.
Ezekiel 29:7
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou broke, and tore all their shoulders. And when they leaned upon thee, thou broke, and made all their loins to be at a stand [still].

Set me up

Job 7:12
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou set a watch over me?
Lamentations 3:12
He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.