Verse 3

Isaiah 37:3

Darby Translation

3 And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of reviling; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
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 And it came to pass when king Hezekiah heard [it], that he rent his garments, and covered himself wi... Focus ↗
2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priest... Focus ↗
3 And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of revili...
4 It may be Jehovah thy God (Elohim) will hear the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his m... Focus ↗
5 And the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. Focus ↗
6 And Isaiah said to them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith Jehovah: Be not afraid of the... Focus ↗
7 Behold, I will put a spirit into him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return to his own land; a... Focus ↗
8 And Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that... Focus ↗
9 And he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He has come forth to make war with thee. And when he... Focus ↗
10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: Let not thy God (Elohim), upon whom thou reli... Focus ↗
11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all countries, destroying them utterl... Focus ↗
12 Have the gods of the nations which my fathers have destroyed delivered them, Gozan, and Haran, and R... 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 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up... Focus ↗
15 And Hezekiah prayed to Jehovah, saying, Focus ↗
16 Jehovah of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel, who sittest [between] the cherubim, thou, the Same, th... Focus ↗
17 Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open, Jehovah, thine eyes, and see; and hear all the words o... Focus ↗
18 Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the lands, and their countries, 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 And now, Jehovah our God (Elohim), save us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may k... Focus ↗
21 And Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah the God (Elohim) of Israel,... Focus ↗
22 this is the word which Jehovah hath spoken against him: The virgin-daughter of Zion despiseth thee,... Focus ↗
23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the... Focus ↗
24 By thy servants thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I... Focus ↗
25 I have digged and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matso... Focus ↗
26 Hast thou not heard that long ago I did it, and that from ancient days I formed it? Now have I broug... Focus ↗
27 And their inhabitants were powerless, they were dismayed and put to shame; they were [as] the grass... Focus ↗
28 But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me. Focus ↗
29 Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in t... Focus ↗
30 And this [shall be] the sign unto thee: there shall be eaten this year such as groweth of itself; an... Focus ↗
31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit... Focus ↗
32 for out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of mount Zion they that escape: the zeal of J... Focus ↗
33 Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, nor s... Focus ↗
34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith Jehov... Focus ↗
35 And I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. Focus ↗
36 And an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five... Focus ↗
37 And Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and abode at Nineveh. Focus ↗
38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sha... Focus ↗