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 wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall abhor me.
Psalm 69:1
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in to my soul.
Jeremiah 38:6
Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

Dust

Job 2:8
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself with it; and he sat down among the ashes.
Job 42:6
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Genesis 18:27
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I, who am dust and ashes, have taken upon me to speak to the Lord.