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
Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land;
Hebrews 3:15
As it is said, Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart, as when you made him angry.

For the children

Isaiah 26:17
As a woman with child, whose time is near, is troubled, crying out in her pain; so have we been before you, O Lord.
Isaiah 66:9
Will I by whom the birth was started, not make it complete? says the Lord. Will I who make children come to birth, let them be kept back? says your God.
Hosea 13:13
The pains of a woman in childbirth will come on him: he is an unwise son, for at this time it is not right for him to keep his place when children come to birth.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain