Thus says the king, Don't let Chizkiyahu deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
2 Kings 19:3 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) They said to him, Thus says Chizkiyahu, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They said to him, Hezekiah says: This is a day of [extreme danger and] distress, of rebuke and chastisement, and blasphemous and insolent insult; for children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth. American Standard Version (1901) And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. Common English Bible They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, punishment, and humiliation. It’s as if children are ready to be born, but there’s no strength to see it through. Catholic Public Domain Version And they said to him: "Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy. The sons are ready to be born, but the woman in labor does not have the strength. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they said to him: Thus saith Ezechias: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy. The children are come to the birth; and the woman in travail hath not strength. |
Thus says the king, Don't let Chizkiyahu deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
He sent Elyakim, who was over the household, and Shevna the scribe, and the elders of the Kohanim, covered with sackcloth, to Yeshaiyahu the prophet the son of Amotz.
It may be the LORD your God will hear all the words of Ravshakeh, whom the king of Ashur his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.
When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.* Selah.
Don't harden your heart, as at Merivah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? says the LORD: shall I who cause to bring forth shut [the womb]? says your God.
The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son; for when it is time, he doesn't come to the opening of the womb.
I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.*