Job 19:10 - Exposition

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone ; or, broken me down. Job compares himself to a city, the walls of which are attacked on every side and broken down. His ruin is complete—he perishes. And mine hope hath he removed like a tree ; rather, torn up like a tree. Job's "hope" was, no doubt, to lead a tranquil and a godly life, surrounded by his relatives and friends, in favour with God and man, till old age came, and he descended, like a ripe shock of corn ( Job 5:26 ), to the grave. This hope had been "torn up by the roots" when his calamities fell upon him.