ESV Reformation Study Bible – Isa 37:3
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Isa 37:3

37:3 distress . . . disgrace. This is a time of adversity when the loyalty of people is tested (cf. 25:4; 26:16; 33:2).

birth . . . no strength. Hezekiah admits the futility of human strategies in a time of acute crisis (26:17, 18).