Isaiah 37:3
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And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of 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 of 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 2 Kings 19:3And 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.
- Psalm 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- 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.
- Isaiah 33:2O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
- 2 Chronicles 15:4But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.
- Psalm 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
- 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,
- Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
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People: Hezekiah