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
There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
Job 3:26
I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no 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 roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Psalm 44:19
yet you have 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 waste away; he has broken my bones;
Matthew 21:44
And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him."

By my neck

Job 15:26
running stubbornly against him with a thickly bossed shield;
Romans 16:4
who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well.

Shaken

Lamentations 3:11
he turned aside my steps and tore me to pieces; he has made me desolate;
Ezekiel 29:7
when they grasped you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke and made all their loins to shake.

Set me up

Job 7:12
Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you set a guard over me?
Lamentations 3:12
he bent his bow and set me as a target for his arrow.

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