2 Kings 19:3 KJV

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.

Matthew Henry

  • Hezekiah receives an answer of peaceHezekiah discovered deep concern at the dishonour done to God by Rabshakeh's blasphemy. Those who speak from God to us, we should in a particular manner...

Thompson Chains

Parallel Passages

  • Job 5:7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • 2 Kings 18:29 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
  • Psalms 39:11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
  • Psalms 95:8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
  • Psalms 123:3–4 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. …
  • Isaiah 26:17–18 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD. …

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Topics

  • Assyria Sennacherib
  • Blasphemy Rabshakeh, in the siege of Jerusalem
  • Diplomacy Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce Jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
  • Faith Hezekiah
  • God delivering them from the army of the Assyrians

Kings of Israel & Judah

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Bible Dictionary

  • HezekiahWhom Jehovah has strengthened. (1.) Son of Ahaz (2 Kgs 18:1; 2 Chr 29:1), whom he succeeded on the throne of the kingdom of Judah. He...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And they said וַיֹּאמְרוּ wayyōʾmĕrû אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
  • unto him, Thus saith אֵלָיו ʾēlāyw Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular אָמַר ʾāmar אָמַר Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
  • Hezekiah חִזְקִיָּהוּ ḥizqiyyāhû חִזְקִיָּה Proper name
  • This day כֹּה kô Adverb יוֹם yôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular construct הַזֶּה hazzê Pronoun · with the
  • a day הַיּוֹם hayyôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular · with the
  • of trouble צָרָה ṣārâ צָרָה Noun · feminine singular
  • and of rebuke וְתוֹכֵחָה wĕtôkēḥâ תּוֹכֵחָה Noun · feminine singular · with and
  • and blasphemy וּנְאָצָה ûnĕʾāṣâ נְאָצָה Noun · feminine singular · with and
  • for the children בָנִים bānîm בֵּן Noun · masculine plural
  • are come כִּי kî Conjunction בָאוּ bāʾww בּוֹא Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
  • to the birth עַד ʿad Preposition מַשְׁבֵּר mašbēr מִשְׁבֵּר Noun · masculine singular
  • and there is not strength וְכֹחַ wĕkōaḥ כֹּחַ Noun · masculine singular · with and אַיִן ʾayin Negative
  • to bring forth לְלֵדָה lĕlēdâ יָלַד Noun · feminine singular · with preposition

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