And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of (A)trouble and rebuke and [a]blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth.

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  1. Isaiah 37:3 contempt

13 (A)The sorrows of a woman in childbirth shall come upon him.
He is an unwise son,
For he should not stay long where children are born.

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Shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?” says the Lord.
“Shall I who cause delivery shut up the womb?” says your God.

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O Lord, be gracious to us;
(A)We have waited for You.
Be [a]their arm every morning,
Our salvation also in the time of trouble.

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  1. Isaiah 33:2 LXX omits their; Syr., Tg., Vg. our

17 As (A)a woman with child
Is in pain and cries out in her [a]pangs,
When she draws near the time of her delivery,
So have we been in Your sight, O Lord.
18 We have been with child, we have been in pain;
We have, as it were, [b]brought forth wind;
We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth,
Nor have (B)the inhabitants of the world fallen.

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  1. Isaiah 26:17 sharp pains
  2. Isaiah 26:18 given birth to

“Do not harden your hearts, as in the [a]rebellion,
(A)As in the day of [b]trial in the wilderness,

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  1. Psalm 95:8 Or Meribah, lit. Strife, Contention
  2. Psalm 95:8 Or Massah, lit. Trial, Testing

15 He shall (A)call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be (B)with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.

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15 (A)Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”

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but (A)when in their trouble they turned to the Lord God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them.

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And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of trouble, and rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to [a]bring them forth.

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  1. 2 Kings 19:3 give birth

19 (A)As many as I love, I rebuke and (B)chasten.[a] Therefore be [b]zealous and repent.

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  1. Revelation 3:19 discipline
  2. Revelation 3:19 eager

15 I will return again to My place
Till they [a]acknowledge their offense.
Then they will seek My face;
In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

A Call to Repentance

Come,(A) and let us return to the Lord;
For (B)He has torn, but (C)He will heal us;
He has stricken, but He will [b]bind us up.

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  1. Hosea 5:15 Lit. become guilty or bear punishment
  2. Hosea 6:1 Bandage

(A)Alas! For that day is great,
(B)So that none is like it;
And it is the time of Jacob’s trouble,
But he shall be saved out of it.

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He will (A)swallow up death forever,
And the Lord God will (B)wipe away tears from all faces;
The rebuke of His people
He will take away from all the earth;
For the Lord has spoken.

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(A)For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
(B)By the Lord God of hosts
In the Valley of Vision—
Breaking down the walls
And of crying to the mountain.

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(A)The [a]pains of death surrounded me,
And the [b]pangs of Sheol [c]laid hold of me;
I found trouble and sorrow.
Then I called upon the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I implore You, deliver my soul!”

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  1. Psalm 116:3 Lit. cords
  2. Psalm 116:3 distresses
  3. Psalm 116:3 Lit. found me

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