2 Kings 19:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

These are difficult and disgraceful times. Our nation is like a woman too weak to give birth, when it's time for her baby to be born.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:29

Don't be fooled by Hezekiah. He can't save you.

2 Kings 19:2

He told Prime Minister Eliakim, Assistant Prime Minister Shebna, and the senior priests to dress in sackcloth and tell the prophet Isaiah:

2 Kings 19:4

Please pray for those of us who are left alive. The king of Assyria sent his army commander to insult the living God. Perhaps the LORD heard what he said and will do something, if you will pray.

Psalm 39:11

You punish us severely because of our sins. Like a moth, you destroy what we treasure most. We are as frail as a breath.

Psalm 95:8

Don't be stubborn and rebel as your ancestors did at Meribah and Massah out in the desert.

Isaiah 66:9

The LORD is the one who makes birth possible. And he will see that Zion has many more children. The LORD has spoken.

Hosea 13:13

You are like a senseless child who refuses to be born at the proper time.

Hosea 5:15

Then I'll return to my temple until they confess their guilt and worship me, until they are desperate and beg for my help.