Isaiah 37:3

And they said unto him, Thus saith Chizkiyah, This yom is a yom tzarah, and of tokhechah, and of ne'atzah; for the banim are come to the mashber, and there is not ko'ach to bring forth.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And he sent Elyakim, who was over the Bais, and Shevna the Sofer, and the Ziknei HaKohanim covered with sackcloth, unto HaNavi Yeshayah Ben Amotz.

4It may be Hashem Eloheicha will hear the words of Rav Shakeh, whom Melech Ashur adonav hath sent to ridicule the Elohim Chai, and will rebuke the devarim which Hashem Eloheicha hath heard; therefore lift up thy tefillah for the she'erit that are left surviving.

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Cross References

2 Kings 19:3And they said unto him, Thus saith Chizkiyahu, This day is a Yom Tzarah, and of tokhechah (rebuke), and ne'atzah (blasphemy, sacrilege); for the banim are come to the mashber (crisis of birth), and there is not ko'ach to bring forth.

Psalms 50:15And call upon Me in the Yom Tzarah; 1 I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me. 1

Psalms 95:8Harden not your lev, as in Merivah, 1 and as in the Yom Massah in the midbar; 1

Isaiah 22:5For it is a day of tumult, and of treading down, 1 and of confusion by Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os in the Gey Chizayon (valley of vision), 1 battering down the walls, and of crying to the har. 1

Isaiah 26:17Like a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, 1 in travail, and crieth out in her pangs; 1 so have we been in Thy sight, Hashem. 1

Isaiah 33:2Hashem, be gracious unto us; 1 we have waited for Thee; 1 be Thou their zero'a in the bekarim (mornings), 1 our Yeshu'ah (salvation) also in the time of tzoros. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 37:2-8

Hezekiah's Message 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, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto 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 of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and… Read the whole commentary →

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