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 be stubborn like your ancestors were at Meribah, as on that day at Massah, in the wilderness,
Hebrews 3:15
As it is said, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as they did when they provoked me."

For the children

Isaiah 26:17
Just as a pregnant woman writhes and cries out during her labor when she is about to give birth, so were we because of you, LORD.
Isaiah 66:9
Am I to open the womb and not deliver?" asks the LORD. "And when I bring to delivery, am I to close the womb?" asks your God.
Hosea 13:13
When the time of childbirth comes, he will be so foolish that he will refuse to be born."

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