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
This man had seven sons, and three daughters.
Job 3:26
Was I not happy? Had I not quietness? Was I not in rest? And now cometh such misery upon me!"
Job 29:3
When his light shined upon my head; when I went after the same light and shining, even through the darkness.

Broken me

Job 4:10
The roaring of the lion, the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the lion's whelps are broken.
Psalm 44:19
no, not when thou hast smitten us into the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death
Lamentations 3:4
{Beth} My flesh and my skin hath he made old, my bones hath he bruised.
Matthew 21:44
And whosoever shall fall on this stone, he shall be alto broken. But on whosoever it shall fall upon, it will grind him to powder."

By my neck

Job 15:26
He runneth proudly upon him, and with a stiff neck fighteth he against him:
Romans 16:4
which have for my life laid down their own necks. Unto which not I only give thanks: but also the congregations of the gentiles.

Shaken

Lamentations 3:11
He hath marred my ways, and broken me in pieces: he hath laid me waste altogether.
Ezekiel 29:7
When they took hold of thee with their hand thou breakest and prickest them on every side: and if they leaned upon thee, thou brakest and hurtest the reins of their backs.

Set me up

Job 7:12
Am I a sea, or a whalefish, that thou keepest me so in prison?
Lamentations 3:12
He hath bent his bow, and made me as it were a mark to shoot at.