A Dangerous Crisis
Isaiah 37:3
And they said to him, Thus said Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy…


"The children are come to the birth," &c. Obviously a proverbial expression for a crisis which becomes dangerous through lack of strength to meet it (Isaiah 66:9; Hosea 13:13).

(Prof. J. Skinner, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

WEB: They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.




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