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
Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.
Job 3:26

“I am not at ease, nor am I quiet,
And I am not at rest, and yet trouble still comes [upon me].”
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

Yet You have [distressingly] crushed us in the place of jackals
And covered us with [the deep darkness of] the shadow of death.
Lamentations 3:4

He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away;
He has shattered my bones.
Matthew 21:44
And he who falls on this Stone will be broken to pieces; but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

By my neck

Job 15:26

Running and charging headlong against Him
With his ornamented and massive shield;
Romans 16:4
who risked their own necks [endangering their very lives] for my life. To them not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

Shaken

Lamentations 3:11

He has turned aside my ways and torn me in pieces;
He has made me desolate.
Ezekiel 29:7

“When they (Israel) grasped you (Egypt) by the hand,
You broke and tore apart their hands;
When they leaned on you,
You broke and strained their backs.”

Set me up

Job 7:12

“Am I the sea, or the sea monster,
That You set a guard over me?
Lamentations 3:12

He has bent His bow
And set me as a target for the arrow.