Verse 3

Isaiah 37:3

World English Bible

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3 They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘Today 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 give birth.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗י/ו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ יוֹם צָרָ֧ה וְ/תוֹכֵחָ֛ה וּ/נְאָצָ֖ה הַ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/זֶּ֑ה כִּ֣י בָ֤אוּ בָנִים֙ עַד מַשְׁבֵּ֔ר וְ/כֹ֥חַ אַ֖יִן לְ/לֵדָֽה

English Translation

And they said to me, "Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble and rebuke and disgrace, for children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to give birth."

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Chapter 37 Context

1 When king Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into Yahw... Focus ↗

2 He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, c... Focus ↗

3 They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘Today is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection;...

4 It may be Yahweh your God (Elohim) will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his ma... Focus ↗

5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. Focus ↗

6 Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master, ‘Yahweh says, “Don’t be afraid of the words that you have he... Focus ↗

7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him and he will hear news, and will return to his own land. I will ca... Focus ↗

8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he had heard that h... Focus ↗

9 He heard news concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “He has come out to fight against you.” When he... Focus ↗

10 “Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, ‘Don’t let your God (Elohim) in whom you tr... Focus ↗

11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly.... Focus ↗

12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph,... Focus ↗

13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena,... Focus ↗

14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to Y... Focus ↗

15 Hezekiah prayed to Yahweh, saying, Focus ↗

16 “Yahweh of Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, who is enthroned among the cherubim, you are the God... Focus ↗

17 Turn your ear, Yahweh, and hear. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and behold. Hear all of the words of Sennac... Focus ↗

18 Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the countries and their land, Focus ↗

19 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and... Focus ↗

20 Now therefore, Yahweh our God (Elohim), save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth ma... Focus ↗

21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel says, ‘Bec... Focus ↗

22 this is the word which Yahweh has spoken concerning him. The virgin daughter of Zion has despised yo... Focus ↗

23 Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eye... Focus ↗

24 By your servants, have you defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots I have... Focus ↗

25 I have dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt.” Focus ↗

26 “‘Have you not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it in ancient times? Now I have brought... Focus ↗

27 Therefore their inhabitants had little power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were like the... Focus ↗

28 But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against me. Focus ↗

29 Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore wi... Focus ↗

30 “‘This shall be the sign to you. You will eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the secon... Focus ↗

31 The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upwa... Focus ↗

32 For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go out, and survivors will escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of Y... Focus ↗

33 “Therefore Yahweh says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an... Focus ↗

34 By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come to this city,’ says Yahw... Focus ↗

35 ‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’” Focus ↗

36 Then Yahweh’s angel went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the... Focus ↗

37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went away, returned to Nineveh, and stayed there. Focus ↗

38 As he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him w... Focus ↗

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Book: Isaiah
Chapter: Chapter 37 (38 verses)
Version: World English Bible

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