3And 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.
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For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. …
Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
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. …
While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)The contents of Rabshakeh’s speech being brought to Hezekiah, one would have expected (and it is likely Rabshakeh did expect) that he would call a council of war and it would be debated whether it was best to capitulate or no. Before the siege, he had taken counsel with his princes and his mighty men , 2 Chron. 32:3. But that would not do now; his greatest relief is that he has a God to go to, and…
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