Isaiah 37:3
ContextNETBible | “This is what Hezekiah says: 1 ‘This is a day of distress, insults, 2 and humiliation, 3 as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through. 4 |
XREF | 2Ki 19:3; 2Ch 15:4; Ps 50:15; Ps 91:15; Ps 95:8; Ps 116:3,4; Isa 25:8; Isa 26:17,18; Isa 33:2; Isa 66:9; Jer 30:7; Ho 5:15; Ho 6:1; Ho 13:13; Re 3:19 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn In the Hebrew text this verse begins with “they said to him” (cf. NRSV). 2 tn Or “rebuke” (KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV), or “correction.” 3 tn Or “contempt”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “disgrace.” 4 tn Heb “when sons come to the cervical opening and there is no strength to give birth.” |