2 Kings 19:3
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And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
In other translations
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559אֵלָיו'elavto himH413כֹּהkohthusH3541אָמַר'amarhe saysH559חִזְקִיָּהוּchizkiyahuHezekiahH2396יוֹם־yom-[is] a day ofH3117צָרָהtzarahdistressH6869וְתוֹכֵחָהvetokhechahand rebukeH8433וּנְאָצָהune'atzahand insultH5007הַיּוֹםhaiyomthe dayH3117הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088כִּיkiforH3588בָאוּva'uthey have comeH935בָנִיםvanimchildrenH1121עַד־'ad-toH5704מַשְׁבֵּרmashberbirthH4866וְכֹחַvekhoachand [is] strengthH3581אַיִן'ayinthere notH369לְלֵדָה׃leledahfor giving birthH3205
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 30:5-75 For thus saith the Lord; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. 6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.5 Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard— a cry of terror, not of peace. 6 Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale? 7 How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.
- Isaiah 66:9Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.
- Hebrews 3:15-1615 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. 16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.15 As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.” 16 For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?
- Isaiah 26:17-1817 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord. 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.17 As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD. 18 We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.
- Hosea 13:13The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.
- Psalm 95:8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,
- Hosea 5:15-6:1I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
- Psalm 123:3-43 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.3 Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt. 4 We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.
- 2 Kings 18:29Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; he cannot deliver you from my hand.
- Psalm 39:11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
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People: Hezekiah