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 he had seven sons and three daughters.
Job 3:26
I have no peace, no quiet, and no rest; nothing but pain comes on me.
Job 29:3
When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light.

Broken me

Job 4:10
Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Psalm 44:19
Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade.
Lamentations 3:4
My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.
Matthew 21:44
Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust.

By my neck

Job 15:26
Running against him like a man of war, covered by his thick breastplate; even like a king ready for the fight,
Romans 16:4
Who for my life put their necks in danger; to whom not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are in debt:

Shaken

Lamentations 3:11
By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.
Ezekiel 29:7
When they took a grip of you in their hands, you were crushed so that their arms were broken: and when they put their weight on you for support, you were broken and all their muscles gave way.

Set me up

Job 7:12
Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?
Lamentations 3:12
With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain