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It is like when a child is ready to be born, but the mother has no strength to deliver the baby. <a href="/esv/2_kings/19.htm">English Standard Version</a> They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth. <a href="/bsb/2_kings/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/2_kings/19.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/2_kings/19.htm">New King James Version</a> And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of trouble, and rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth. <a href="/nasb_/2_kings/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And they said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘This day is a day of distress, rebuke, and humiliation; for children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them. <a href="/nasb/2_kings/19.htm">NASB 1995</a> They said to him, &#8220Thus says Hezekiah, &#8216This day is a day of distress, rebuke, and rejection; for children have come to birth and there is no strength to deliver. <a href="/nasb77/2_kings/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a day of distress, rebuke, and rejection; for children have come to birth, and there is no strength to deliver. <a href="/lsb/2_kings/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a day of distress, reproof, and rejection; for children have come to the point of breaking forth, but there is no strength to give birth. <a href="/amp/2_kings/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a> They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This is a day of distress and anxiety, of punishment and humiliation; for children have come to [the time of their] birth and there is no strength to rescue them. <a href="/csb/2_kings/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They said to 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. <a href="/hcsb/2_kings/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They said to him, &#8220This is what Hezekiah says: &#8216Today 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. <a href="/asv/2_kings/19.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/2_kings/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> These are difficult and disgraceful times. Our nation is like a woman too weak to give birth, when it's time for her baby to be born. <a href="/erv/2_kings/19.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/2_kings/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They said to him, "This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day filled with misery, punishment, and disgrace. We are like a woman who is about to give birth but doesn't have the strength to do it. <a href="/gnt/2_kings/19.htm">Good News Translation</a> This is the message which he told them to give Isaiah: "Today is a day of suffering; we are being punished and are in disgrace. We are like a woman who is ready to give birth, but is too weak to do it. <a href="/isv/2_kings/19.htm">International Standard Version</a> They announced to him: "This is what Hezekiah says: 'Today is a day of trouble, rebuke, and blasphemy, because children are about to be born, but there is no strength to bring them to birth. <a href="/msb/2_kings/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/2_kings/19.htm">NET Bible</a> "This is what Hezekiah says: 'This is a day of distress, insults, and humiliation, as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through. <a href="/nheb/2_kings/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a day of trouble, of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them. <a href="/wbt/2_kings/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And they said to him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children have come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. <a href="/web/2_kings/19.htm">World English Bible</a> They said to him, “Hezekiah says, ‘Today is a day of trouble, of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_kings/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and they say to him, “Thus said Hezekiah: This day [is] a day of distress, and rebuke, and despising; for sons have come to the birth, and there is not power to bring forth. <a href="/ylt/2_kings/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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 bring forth. <a href="/slt/2_kings/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they will say to him, Thus said Hezekiah, A day of straits and chastisement and reproach this day: for the sons came to the breaking forth, and no strength to her bringing forth.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_kings/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And they said to him: Thus saith Ezechias: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: the children are come to the birth, and the woman in travail hath not strength. <a href="/cpdv/2_kings/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And they said to him: “Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy. The sons are ready to be born, but the woman in labor does not have the strength. <a href="/nabre/2_kings/19.htm">New American Bible</a> “Thus says Hezekiah: A day of distress and rebuke, a day of disgrace is this day! Children are due to come forth, but the strength to give birth is lacking. <a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of distress and of rebuke and of anger; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength in the mother to bring forth. <a href="/hpbt/2_kings/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And they said to him: “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘It is a day of trouble and of rebuke and of passion today, because labor pains of the children have arrived, and there is no power in the laboring mother!<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_kings/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/2_kings/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And they said to him, Thus says Ezekias, This day is a day of tribulation, and rebuke, and provocation: for the children are come to the travail-pangs, but the mother has no strength. <a href="/parallel/2_kings/19-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=6635" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_kings/19.htm">Isaiah's Message of Deliverance</a> …2And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz 3<a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mə·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">to tell</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- To, into, towards. ">him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">“This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/2396.htm" title="2396: ḥiz·qî·yā·hū (N-proper-ms) -- Yah has strengthened, a king of Judah, also several other Isr. ">Hezekiah</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm- (N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">Today</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">is a day</a> <a href="/hebrew/6869.htm" title="6869: ṣā·rāh (N-fs) -- Tightness, a female rival. Feminine of tsar; tightness; transitively, a female rival.">of distress,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8433.htm" title="8433: wə·ṯō·w·ḵê·ḥāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- And towkachath; from yakach; chastisement; figuratively correction, refutation, proof.">rebuke,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5007.htm" title="5007: ū·nə·’ā·ṣāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Contempt. Or nematsah; from na'ats; scorn.">and disgrace;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇā·nîm (N-mp) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">children</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ḇā·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">have come</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to the point of</a> <a href="/hebrew/4866.htm" title="4866: maš·bêr (N-ms) -- Place of breach. From shabar; the orifice of the womb.">birth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’a·yin (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">but there is no</a> <a href="/hebrew/3581.htm" title="3581: wə·ḵō·aḥ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Or kowach; from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally or figuratively; also a large lizard.">strength</a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: lə·lê·ḏāh (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3fs) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">to deliver them.</a> 4Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all 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.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/37-3.htm">Isaiah 37:3</a> 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. <a href="/isaiah/37-4.htm">Isaiah 37:4</a> Perhaps 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.” <a href="/isaiah/37-5.htm">Isaiah 37:5</a> So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah, <a href="/isaiah/37-6.htm">Isaiah 37:6</a> who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. <a href="/isaiah/37-7.htm">Isaiah 37:7</a> Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’” <a href="/isaiah/37-8.htm">Isaiah 37:8</a> When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah. <a href="/isaiah/37-9.htm">Isaiah 37:9</a> Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, <a href="/isaiah/37-10.htm">Isaiah 37:10</a> “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. <a href="/isaiah/37-11.htm">Isaiah 37:11</a> Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared? <a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Isaiah 37:12</a> Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar? <a href="/isaiah/37-13.htm">Isaiah 37:13</a> Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’” <a href="/isaiah/37-14.htm">Isaiah 37:14</a> So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD. <a href="/isaiah/37-15.htm">Isaiah 37:15</a> And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: <a href="/isaiah/37-16.htm">Isaiah 37:16</a> “O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. <a href="/isaiah/37-17.htm">Isaiah 37:17</a> Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And they said to him, Thus said 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.This day.<a href="/2_kings/18-29.htm">2 Kings 18:29</a> Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:<a href="/psalms/39-11.htm">Psalm 39:11</a> When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.<a href="/psalms/123-3.htm">Psalm 123:3,4</a> Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt… blasphemy.<a href="/psalms/95-8.htm">Psalm 95:8</a> Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:<a href="/hebrews/3-15.htm">Hebrews 3:15,16</a> While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation… for the children.<a href="/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17,18</a> 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… <a href="/isaiah/66-9.htm">Isaiah 66:9</a> Shall 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.<a href="/hosea/13-13.htm">Hosea 13:13</a> The 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.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/4-17.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/revelation/17-3.htm">Blasphemy</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-4.htm">Children</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-3.htm">Contumely</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-35.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/numbers/14-23.htm">Despising</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-13.htm">Disgrace</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-29.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-18.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-1.htm">Hezekiah</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-1.htm">Hezeki'ah</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-37.htm">Point</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-36.htm">Power</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-9.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-11.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-16.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/romans/11-15.htm">Rejection</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-12.htm">Reviling</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-24.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-20.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-20.htm">Trouble</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/2-24.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-3.htm">Blasphemy</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-12.htm">Children</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-3.htm">Contumely</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-12.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/36-16.htm">Despising</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-17.htm">Disgrace</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-13.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-9.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-5.htm">Hezekiah</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-5.htm">Hezeki'ah</a> <a href="/2_kings/24-20.htm">Point</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-26.htm">Power</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-13.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-4.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-4.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-3.htm">Rejection</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-2.htm">Reviling</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-26.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-26.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-7.htm">Trouble</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 19</div>1. <a href="/2_kings/19-1.htm">Hezekiah, in mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them.</a> 6. <a href="/2_kings/19-6.htm">Isaiah comforts them.</a> 8. <a href="/2_kings/19-8.htm">Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah.</a> 14. <a href="/2_kings/19-14.htm">Hezekiah's prayer.</a> 20. <a href="/2_kings/19-20.htm">Isaiah's prophecy of the destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion.</a> 35. <a href="/2_kings/19-35.htm">An angel slays the Assyrians.</a> 36. <a href="/2_kings/19-36.htm">Sennacherib is slain by his own sons.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of <a href="/2_kings/19.htm">2 Kings 19</a>, Hezekiah sends his officials to the prophet Isaiah, seeking divine guidance. This reflects the importance of prophets as intermediaries between God and the people.“This is what Hezekiah says: Hezekiah, the king of Judah, is portrayed as a leader who seeks God's counsel in times of crisis. His reliance on God contrasts with the idolatry of previous kings. This phrase underscores the king's humility and recognition of his need for divine intervention.Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; The "day of distress" refers to the siege of Jerusalem by the Assyrian army under Sennacherib. The terms "rebuke" and "disgrace" suggest a sense of divine judgment and national humiliation. This reflects the covenantal relationship between God and Israel, where disobedience leads to consequences.for children have come to the point of birth, This metaphor illustrates a situation of extreme urgency and helplessness. It evokes the image of a woman in labor, emphasizing the critical nature of the crisis. The imagery is used elsewhere in Scripture to describe times of great peril (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/37-3.htm">Isaiah 37:3</a>).but there is no strength to deliver them. The lack of strength to deliver the children symbolizes Judah's inability to save itself from the Assyrian threat. It highlights human weakness and the need for divine intervention. This phrase can be seen as a type of Christ, who provides strength and deliverance where human efforts fail.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a> The King of Judah during a time of great crisis, known for his faithfulness to God and his efforts to reform the nation spiritually. 2. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> The prophet to whom Hezekiah sends his officials for counsel and prayer during the Assyrian threat. 3. <a href="/topical/a/assyrian_threat.htm">Assyrian Threat</a> The context of this verse is the siege of Jerusalem by the Assyrian army under King Sennacherib, a formidable force threatening Judah. 4. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The capital city of Judah, under siege and in a state of fear and desperation. 5. <a href="/topical/r/rabshakeh.htm">Rabshakeh</a> The Assyrian field commander who delivered a blasphemous message to Hezekiah, challenging the power of God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_crisis.htm">Faith in Crisis</a> Hezekiah's response to the Assyrian threat teaches us to turn to God in times of distress. When faced with overwhelming challenges, our first action should be to seek God's guidance and deliverance. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_leadership.htm">Spiritual Leadership</a> Hezekiah's leadership highlights the importance of spiritual leaders who seek God's will and lead their people in faith and prayer. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer.htm">The Power of Prayer</a> This passage underscores the significance of prayer in the life of a believer. Hezekiah's appeal to Isaiah for prayer demonstrates the communal aspect of seeking God's intervention. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a> The situation in <a href="/bsb/2_kings/19.htm">2 Kings 19</a> reminds us of God's ultimate control over nations and events. Despite human threats, God's plans prevail. <a href="/topical/e/endurance_in_trials.htm">Endurance in Trials</a> The metaphor of childbirth used in this verse illustrates the need for perseverance and reliance on God's strength to bring about deliverance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 19</a> <a href="/q/can_humans_command_angels.htm">Can humans command angels?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_2_chron._32_and_2_kings_18-19_differ.htm">Why does 2 Chronicles 32 seem to present a different order of events compared to 2 Kings 18-19 regarding the siege and Hezekiah's actions?</a> <a href="/q/where's_proof_of_god's_'marvelous_things'.htm">Psalm 98:1 claims God has done 'marvelous things.' Where is the historical or archaeological proof of these miraculous acts?</a> <a href="/q/who_was_dathan_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Sennacherib in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) Rebuke.--Rather, chastisement (<a href="/hosea/5-9.htm" title="Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.">Hosea 5:9</a>). The verb means to give judgment, punish, &c. It occurs in the next verse, "will reprove the words," or rather, punish for the words.Blasphemy.--Comp. <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm" title="Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger, they are gone away backward.">Isaiah 1:4</a>; <a href="/isaiah/5-24.htm" title="Therefore as the fire devours the stubble, and the flame consumes the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.">Isaiah 5:24</a>, where the cognate verb is used; and <a href="/nehemiah/9-18.htm" title="Yes, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is your God that brought you up out of Egypt, and had worked great provocations;">Nehemiah 9:18</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm" title="Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their backs, and slew your prophets which testified against them to turn them to you, and they worked great provocations.">Nehemiah 9:26</a>, where the noun "provocations" is almost identical. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of Blasphemy. Of "trouble," or "distress," manifestly - a day on which the whole nation is troubled, grieved, alarmed, distressed, made miserable. It is also a day of "rebuke," or rather of "chastisement" - a day on which God's hand lies heavy upon us and chastises us for our sins. And it is a day, not of "blasphemy," but of "abhorrence" or of "contumely" - a day on which God contumeliously rejects his people, and allows them to be insulted by their enemies (see the comments of Keil and Bahr). For the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. A proverbial expression, probably meaning that a dangerous crisis approaches, and that the nation has no strength to carry it through the peril. <a href="/commentaries/2_kings/19-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>to tell וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say him, אֵלָ֗יו (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to “This is what כֹּ֚ה (kōh) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> Like this, thus, here, now Hezekiah חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ (ḥiz·qî·yā·hū) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2396.htm">Strong's 2396: </a> Hezekiah -- 'Yah has strengthened', a king of Judah, also several other Israelites says: אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say Today יוֹם־ (yō·wm-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day is a day הַיּ֣וֹם (hay·yō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day of distress, צָרָ֧ה (ṣā·rāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6869.htm">Strong's 6869: </a> Tightness, a female rival rebuke, וְתוֹכֵחָ֛ה (wə·ṯō·w·ḵê·ḥāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8433.htm">Strong's 8433: </a> Chastisement, correction, refutation, proof and disgrace; וּנְאָצָ֖ה (ū·nə·’ā·ṣāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5007.htm">Strong's 5007: </a> Contempt for כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction the children בָנִים֙ (ḇā·nîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son have come בָ֤אוּ (ḇā·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go to the point of עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while birth, מַשְׁבֵּ֔ר (maš·bêr) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4866.htm">Strong's 4866: </a> The orifice of the womb but there is no אַ֖יִן (’a·yin) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle strength וְכֹ֥חַ (wə·ḵō·aḥ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3581.htm">Strong's 3581: </a> A small reptile (of unknown species) to deliver them. לְלֵדָֽה׃ (lə·lê·ḏāh) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/19-3.htm">2 Kings 19:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_kings/19-3.htm">2 Kings 19:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_kings/19-3.htm">2 Kings 19:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_kings/19-3.htm">2 Kings 19:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_kings/19-3.htm">2 Kings 19:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/19-3.htm">2 Kings 19:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/19-3.htm">2 Kings 19:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/19-3.htm">2 Kings 19:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/19-3.htm">2 Kings 19:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_kings/19-3.htm">2 Kings 19:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-3.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 19:3 They said to him Thus says Hezekiah (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/19-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 19:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 19:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/19-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 19:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 19:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>