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
Harden not your heart as in Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
Hebrews 3:15
in its being said, 'To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation,'

For the children

Isaiah 26:17
When a pregnant woman cometh near to the birth, She is pained -- she crieth in her pangs, So we have been from Thy face, O Jehovah.
Isaiah 66:9
'Do I bring to the birth, And not cause to bring forth?' saith Jehovah, 'Am not I He who is causing to beget? I have also restrained,' said thy God.
Hosea 13:13
Pangs of a travailing woman come to him, He is a son not wise, For he remaineth not the time for the breaking forth of sons.