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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comFausset Bible Dictionary: Neck
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"Lay down necks," i.e. risked their lives (). , "Thou hast given ... necks of enemies," i.e. made them turn their backs in flight before me (Keil); so , or enabled me to put my foot on their necks, subjecting them utterly to me; as ; ; ; . , "he shall overflow, he shall reach even to the neck": when the waters reach the neck a man is near drowning; Sennacherib's overflowing hosts reached so far, but Jerusalem the head was not overflowed (; ). The "stiff neck" is an image from oxen unpliant and casting the "yoke" off the neck (; ). Contrast the yoke men must wear who reject Christ's easy yoke ().