2 Kings 19:3

"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.

2 Kings 18:29

This is what the king says: 'Don't let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you from my hand!

Psalm 39:11

You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)

Psalm 95:8

He says, "Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, like they were that day at Massah in the wilderness,

Psalm 123:3-4

Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.

Isaiah 26:17-18

As when a pregnant woman gets ready to deliver and strains and cries out because of her labor pains, so were we because of you, O Lord.

Isaiah 66:9

"Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?" asks the Lord. "Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?" asks your God.

Jeremiah 30:5-7

Yes, here is what he says: "You hear cries of panic and of terror; there is no peace in sight.

Hosea 5:15-1

Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.

Hosea 13:13

The labor pains of a woman will overtake him, but the baby will lack wisdom; when the time arrives, he will not come out of the womb!

Hebrews 3:15-16

As it says, "Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

Blasphemy

Psalm 95:8
He says, "Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, like they were that day at Massah in the wilderness,
Hebrews 3:15
As it says, "Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."

For the children

Isaiah 26:17
As when a pregnant woman gets ready to deliver and strains and cries out because of her labor pains, so were we because of you, O Lord.
Isaiah 66:9
"Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?" asks the Lord. "Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?" asks your God.
Hosea 13:13
The labor pains of a woman will overtake him, but the baby will lack wisdom; when the time arrives, he will not come out of the womb!

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