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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/isaiah/37.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/isaiah/37.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/isaiah/37.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/37.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_/isaiah/37.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/isaiah/37.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/isaiah/37.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/isaiah/37.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/isaiah/37.htm">Amplified Bible</a> They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says, ‘This day is a day of distress, rebuke and disgrace; for children have come to birth, and there is no strength to deliver them. <a href="/csb/isaiah/37.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace. It is as if children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/37.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, and there is no strength to deliver them. <a href="/asv/isaiah/37.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/isaiah/37.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Isaiah, 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/isaiah/37.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/isaiah/37.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/isaiah/37.htm">Good News Translation</a> This is the message which he told them to give to 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/isaiah/37.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Here is what Hezekiah says," they told him. "This day is a day of trouble, rebuke, and disgrace, as when children come to the point of birth and there is no energy to deliver them. <a href="/msb/isaiah/37.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/isaiah/37.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/isaiah/37.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day 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 bring forth. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/37.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 of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. <a href="/web/isaiah/37.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/37.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and they say to him, “Thus said Hezekiah: A day of distress, and rebuke, and despising, [is] this day; for sons have come to the birth, and there is not power to bear. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/37.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 bear. <a href="/slt/isaiah/37.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 even to the breaking forth and not strength to bring forth.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/37.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: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/37.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. For the sons have arrived at the time for birth, but there is not enough strength to bring them forth. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/37.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/isaiah/37.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/isaiah/37.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah: This is a day of distress and of rebuke and of anger; for the children have come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/37.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And they said to him: "Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This is a day of trouble and of rebuke and of passion today, because birth pains of the children have arrived and there is no power for the birth<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/37.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/isaiah/37.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> To-day is a day of affliction, and reproach, and rebuke, and anger: for the pangs are come upon the travailing woman, but she has not strength to bring forth. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/37-3.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/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=7688" 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/isaiah/37.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 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="/2_kings/19-3.htm">2 Kings 19:3</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/36-22.htm">Isaiah 36:22</a> Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh. <a href="/2_kings/18-37.htm">2 Kings 18:37</a> Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh. <a href="/hosea/13-13.htm">Hosea 13:13</a> 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. <a href="/micah/4-9.htm">Micah 4:9-10</a> Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor? / Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies! <a href="/2_chronicles/32-20.htm">2 Chronicles 32:20-21</a> In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer, / and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword. <a href="/jeremiah/4-31.htm">Jeremiah 4:31</a> For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!” <a href="/jeremiah/6-24.htm">Jeremiah 6:24</a> We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor. <a href="/jeremiah/30-6.htm">Jeremiah 30:6-7</a> 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? / 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. <a href="/matthew/24-8.htm">Matthew 24:8</a> All these are the beginning of birth pains. <a href="/mark/13-8.htm">Mark 13:8</a> Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains. <a href="/john/16-21.htm">John 16:21</a> A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world. <a href="/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22</a> We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time. <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a> While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. <a href="/revelation/12-2.htm">Revelation 12:2</a> She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.</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 of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.his day<a href="/isaiah/25-8.htm">Isaiah 25:8</a> He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.<a href="/isaiah/33-2.htm">Isaiah 33:2</a> O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.<a href="/2_kings/19-3.htm">2 Kings 19:3</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.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:for the<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="/isaiah/33-11.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-11.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-3.htm">Blasphemy</a> <a href="/isaiah/31-6.htm">Children</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-3.htm">Contumely</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-20.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-16.htm">Despising</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-5.htm">Disgrace</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-2.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-3.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-1.htm">Hezekiah</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-1.htm">Hezeki'ah</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-14.htm">Point</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-5.htm">Power</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-4.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-4.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-17.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-3.htm">Rejection</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-21.htm">Reviling</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-9.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-5.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-2.htm">Trouble</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/37-31.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-10.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/matthew/12-31.htm">Blasphemy</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Children</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-3.htm">Contumely</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-57.htm">Despising</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-28.htm">Disgrace</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-7.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-9.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-5.htm">Hezekiah</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-5.htm">Hezeki'ah</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-9.htm">Point</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-27.htm">Power</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-2.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-20.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-4.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/romans/11-15.htm">Rejection</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-28.htm">Reviling</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-27.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-27.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-10.htm">Trouble</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 37</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/37-1.htm">Hezekiah mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them</a> 6. <a href="/isaiah/37-6.htm">Isaiah comforts them</a> 8. <a href="/isaiah/37-8.htm">Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah</a> 14. <a href="/isaiah/37-14.htm">Hezekiah's prayer</a> 21. <a href="/isaiah/37-21.htm">Isaiah's prophecy of the destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion</a> 36. <a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">An angel slays the Assyrians</a> 37. <a href="/isaiah/37-37.htm">Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh 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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/37.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/37.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>to tell him This phrase indicates a message being sent, highlighting the importance of communication between leaders and prophets in biblical times. It reflects the practice of seeking divine guidance through God's appointed messengers, such as Isaiah, during times of crisis.“This is what Hezekiah says: Hezekiah, the king of Judah, is portrayed as a righteous leader who seeks God's intervention. His reliance on God contrasts with the idolatrous practices of other kings. Hezekiah's faithfulness is noted in <a href="/2_kings/18-5.htm">2 Kings 18:5-6</a>, where he is described as trusting in the Lord more than any other king of Judah.Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; This triad of terms underscores the severity of the situation. "Distress" reflects the immediate threat from the Assyrian army. "Rebuke" suggests divine displeasure, possibly due to past sins or failures. "Disgrace" indicates the shame and humiliation faced by Judah, a theme echoed in <a href="/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8-9</a>, where Jerusalem's fall is lamented.for children have come to the point of birth, This metaphor illustrates a critical moment requiring urgent action. It evokes the imagery of labor, a common biblical metaphor for intense struggle and anticipation, as seen in <a href="/hosea/13-13.htm">Hosea 13:13</a>. The nation is on the brink of a significant event, needing divine intervention to bring it to fruition.but there is no strength to deliver them. The lack of strength signifies Judah's helplessness against Assyria. It highlights human limitations and the need for God's power, reminiscent of <a href="/psalms/20-7.htm">Psalm 20:7</a>, which contrasts trust in human might with reliance on the Lord. This phrase also foreshadows the miraculous deliverance God provides, emphasizing His sovereignty and faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a> The King of Judah during the time of the Assyrian invasion. He is known for his faithfulness to God and his efforts to reform the religious practices of Judah. 2. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament who served as a spiritual advisor to King Hezekiah. He conveyed God's messages to the king and the people of Judah. 3. <a href="/topical/a/assyrian_invasion.htm">Assyrian Invasion</a> The historical context of this passage is the siege of Jerusalem by the Assyrian army under King Sennacherib. This was a time of great fear and uncertainty for the people of Judah. 4. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The capital city of Judah, which was under threat from the Assyrian forces. It was a focal point of God's promises and the center of Jewish worship. 5. <a href="/topical/s/sennacherib.htm">Sennacherib</a> The King of Assyria, known for his military campaigns and attempts to conquer Jerusalem. His invasion posed a significant threat to the kingdom of Judah.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/r/recognizing_times_of_distress.htm">Recognizing Times of Distress</a> Just as Hezekiah acknowledged the day as one of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, we must recognize and admit our own times of trouble, seeking God's guidance and strength. <a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a> The metaphor of children coming to the point of birth but lacking strength to deliver highlights our need for God's intervention. In our own lives, we must rely on God's power rather than our own. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prayer.htm">The Role of Prayer</a> Hezekiah's response to the crisis was to seek God through prayer. In our challenges, prayer should be our first response, seeking God's wisdom and deliverance. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a> Despite the dire situation, God remained faithful to His promises. We can trust in God's faithfulness and His ability to deliver us from our own "Assyrian" threats. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_leadership.htm">Spiritual Leadership</a> Hezekiah's leadership in turning to God serves as a model for spiritual leaders today. Leaders should guide their people to seek God in times of crisis.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_37.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 37</a> <a href="/q/how_does_faith_align_with_israel's_disasters.htm">If Hezekiah's faith in Isaiah 37 supposedly led to Jerusalem's deliverance, how does this align with other biblical passages where faith did not prevent disasters for Israel?</a> <a href="/q/how_reconcile_rabshakeh's_claim_with_judah's_deliverance.htm">Isaiah 36:18-20: How do we reconcile the Rabshakeh's claim that no god has saved any nation from Assyria with the biblical assertion that the Lord ultimately delivered Judah?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_hezekiah_unconcerned_in_isaiah_39_8.htm">Isaiah 39:8: Why does Hezekiah seem untroubled by the future judgment pronounced on his descendants, and what does this imply about his character or leadership?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_judah_harvest_post-siege.htm">In Isaiah 37:30-32, how can a devastated Judah produce such an abundant harvest within a single season after the Assyrian siege?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/37.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) The children are come to the birth.--The bold language of the text stands where we should use an adjective of which we half forget the meaning. Things had come to such a pass that all plans and counsels were literally abortive. (Comp. <a href="/context/isaiah/26-17.htm" title="Like as a woman with child, that draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and cries out in her pangs; so have we been in your sight, O LORD.">Isaiah 26:17-18</a>, and <a href="/hosea/13-13.htm" title="The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come on him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.">Hosea 13:13</a> for a like simile.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/37.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - A day... of rebuke; rather, of reproof, or punishment (comp. <a href="/psalms/149-7.htm">Psalm 149:7</a> and <a href="/hosea/5-9.htm">Hosea 5:9</a>). That God should have allowed such an insulting embassy to come and go in safety was a mode of reproving his people, and to some extent punishing them for their sins. Even Hezekiah himself deserved reproof for having so long placed his reliance upon Egypt (<a href="/isaiah/20-5.htm">Isaiah 20:5, 6</a>; <a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Isaiah 30:1-4</a>; <a href="/isaiah/36-6.htm">Isaiah 36:6, 9</a>), though now apparently he had turned to Jehovah, and relied on him only (<a href="/isaiah/36-7.htm">Isaiah 36:7, 15</a>). Blasphemy. So Delitzsch. Mr. Cheyne suggests "contumely," and Dr. Kay "contempt." But the meaning "blasphemy," which Mr. Cheyne confesses to "suit the context," is required in all the other passages where (substantially) the same word occurs (<a href="/nehemiah/9-18.htm">Nehemiah 9:18, 26</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/35-12.htm">Ezekiel 35:12</a>). Hezekiah calls the day one "of blasphemy," on account of Rabshakeh's impious utterances (<a href="/isaiah/36-15.htm">Isaiah 36:15, 18, 20</a>). The children are come to the birth, etc. This was a proverbial phrase for a time of extreme difficulty (see <a href="/hosea/13-13.htm">Hosea 13:13</a>), and is not to be pressed as embodying at all a close analogy. Judah was in sore trouble, and was expecting deliverance. It seemed now as if she would not have strength to go through the crisis, but would perish through weakness. <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/37-3.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 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/isaiah/37-3.htm">Isaiah 37:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/37-3.htm">Isaiah 37:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/37-3.htm">Isaiah 37:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/37-3.htm">Isaiah 37:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/37-3.htm">Isaiah 37:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/37-3.htm">Isaiah 37:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/37-3.htm">Isaiah 37:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/37-3.htm">Isaiah 37:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/37-3.htm">Isaiah 37:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/37-3.htm">Isaiah 37:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-3.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 37:3 They said to him Thus says Hezekiah (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/37-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 37:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 37:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/37-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 37:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 37:4" /></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>