They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace.(A) It is as if children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.(B)

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12 Do not[a] gloat over your brother(A)
in the day of his calamity;
do not rejoice over the people of Judah(B)
in the day of their destruction;
do not boastfully mock[b](C)
in the day of distress.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 12–14 Or You should not throughout vv. 12–14
  2. 12 Lit not make your mouth big

14 Do not stand at the crossroads[a](A)
to cut off their fugitives,
and do not hand over their survivors
in the day of distress.

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Footnotes

  1. 14 Hb obscure

Destruction of Nineveh

The Lord is good,
a stronghold in a day of distress;
he cares for those who take refuge(A) in him.

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