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 in the day of strife, as in the day of testing in the wilderness.
Hebrews 3:15
Scripture says: Today if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts. Do not be stubborn like those who rebelled.

For the children

Isaiah 26:17
Like a woman with child and about to give birth struggles and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, O Jehovah.
Isaiah 66:9
Do I bring a mother to the moment of birth and not let her deliver? Asks Jehovah. Do I cause a mother to deliver and then make her unable to have children? Asks your God.
Hosea 13:13
They have the opportunity to live again, but they are not smart enough to take it. They are like a baby who is about to be born but will not come out of its mother's womb.