Isaiah 37:3 “to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress,…”

Isaiah 37:3

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

They said to him, “Hezekiah says, ‘Today is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to give birth.

American Standard Version

And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they sayd vnto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of tribulation and of rebuke and blasphemie: for the children are come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring foorth.

Darby Translation

And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of reviling; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

Young's Literal Translation

and they say unto him, 'Thus said Hezekiah, A day of distress, and rebuke, and despising, [is] this day; for come have sons unto the birth, and power there is not to bear.

Bible in Basic English

And they said to him, Hezekiah says, This day is a day of trouble and punishment and shame: for the children are ready to come to birth, but there is no strength to give birth to them.

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Cross references

“his day”

2 Kings 19:3 Psalm 50:15 Isaiah 33:2 2 Chronicles 15:4 Psalm 91:15 Revelation 3:19

2 Kings 19:3 · BSB

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 50:15 · BSB

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

Isaiah 33:2 · BSB

O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.

2 Chronicles 15:4 · BSB

But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.

Psalm 91:15 · BSB

When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.

Revelation 3:19 · BSB

Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

“blasphemy”

Psalm 95:8

Psalm 95:8 · BSB

do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,

“for the”

Isaiah 66:9 Hosea 13:13 Isaiah 26:17 Isaiah 26:18

Isaiah 66:9 · BSB

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 13:13 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 26:17 · BSB

As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD.

Isaiah 26:18 · BSB

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.

Also

Isaiah 22:5

Isaiah 22:5 · BSB

For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision— of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz

4Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”

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