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 unto him seven sons and three daughters.
Job 3:26
I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble cometh.
Job 29:3
When his lamp shined 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 hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
Lamentations 3:4
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Matthew 21:44
And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

By my neck

Job 15:26
He runneth upon him with a'stiff neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;
Romans 16:4
who for my life laid down their own necks; unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles:

Shaken

Lamentations 3:11
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
Ezekiel 29:7
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and didst rend all their shoulders; and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

Set me up

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

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