Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

Bible References

Cast me

Job 9:31
Yet You would plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes would abhor me.
Psalm 69:1
For the choir director; according to Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.
Save me, O God,
For the waters have threatened my life.
Jeremiah 38:6
Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. Now in the cistern there was no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud.

Dust

Job 2:8
And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.
Job 42:6
Therefore I retract,
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
Genesis 18:27
And Abraham replied, “Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes.