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
Don't harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
Hebrews 3:15
while it is said, "Today if you will hear his voice, don't harden your hearts, as in the rebellion."

For the children

Isaiah 26:17
Like as a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs; so we have been before you, Yahweh.
Isaiah 66:9
Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth?" says Yahweh: "shall I who cause to bring forth shut [the womb]?" says your God.
Hosea 13:13
The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son; for when it is time, he doesn't come to the opening of the womb.