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
Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
Hebrews 3:15
while it is said,
Today if you hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts, as when they provoked Me.”

For the children

Isaiah 26:17
As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth,
She writhes and cries out in her labor pains,
Thus were we before You, O Lord.
Isaiah 66:9
“Shall I bring to the point of birth and not give delivery?” says the Lord.
“Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?” says your God.
Hosea 13:13
The pains of childbirth come upon him;
He is not a wise son,
For it is not the time that he should delay at the opening of the womb.