2 Kings 19:3

Good News Translation

This is the message which he told them to give Isaiah: “Today is a day of suffering; we are being punished and are in disgrace. We are like a woman who is ready to give birth, but is too weak to do it.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:29

He warns you not to let Hezekiah deceive you. Hezekiah can't save you.

2 Kings 19:2

He sent Eliakim, the official in charge of the palace, Shebna, the court secretary, and the senior priests to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. They also were wearing sackcloth.

2 Kings 19:4

The Assyrian emperor has sent his chief official to insult the living God. May the Lord your God hear these insults and punish those who spoke them. So pray to God for those of our people who survive.”

Psalm 39:11

You punish our sins by your rebukes, and like a moth you destroy what we love. Indeed we are no more than a puff of wind!

Psalm 95:8

“Don't be stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah, as they were that day in the desert at Massah.

Isaiah 66:9

Do not think that I will bring my people to the point of birth and not let them be born.” The Lord has spoken.

Hosea 13:13

Israel has a chance to live, but is too foolish to take it—like a child about to be born, who refuses to come out of the womb.

Hosea 5:15

“I will abandon my people until they have suffered enough for their sins and come looking for me. Perhaps in their suffering they will try to find me.”