2 Kings 19:3 meaning and explanation

to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

2 Kings 19:3, Berean Standard Bible

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Hezekiah speaks through his officials to the prophet Isaiah. The Assyrian king Sennacherib has sent his field commander, the Rabshakeh, to demand Jerusalem's surrender, and the city faces siege with no human hope of rescue.

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