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, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; but trouble comes."
Job 29:3
when his lamp shone on 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, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
Psalm 44:19
Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Lamentations 3:4
My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.
Matthew 21:44
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whoever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust."

By my neck

Job 15:26
he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers;
Romans 16:4
who for my life, laid down their own necks; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles.

Shaken

Lamentations 3:11
He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate.
Ezekiel 29:7
When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, and paralyzed all of their thighs."

Set me up

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