2 Kings 19:3
And they said to him, Hezekiah says, This day is a day of trouble and punishment and shame; for the children are ready to come to birth, but there is no strength to give birth to them.
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Psalms 39:11\39:10\No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand.
Psalms 123:3Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for all men are looking down on us.
Isaiah 66:9And I will take a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah one who will have my mountains for a heritage: and the people I have taken to be mine will have it for themselves, and my servants will have their resting-place there.
Hosea 5:15I will go back to my place till they are made waste; in their trouble they will go after me early and will make search for me.
Hebrews 3:15As it is said, Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart, as when you made him angry.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 19:2-8
Hezekiah's Sends to Isaiah. ( b. c. 710.) 1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord . 2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. 3 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… Read the whole commentary →