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Isaiah 37:3

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And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
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  1. Isaiah 66:9Rank 1 from verse 3
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    9Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.

  2. Hosea 13:13Rank 2 from verse 3
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    13The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

  3. 2 Kings 19:3Rank 3 from verse 3
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    3And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

  4. Isaiah 26:17–18Rank 4 from verse 3
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    17Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.

    18We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

  5. Psalms 50:15Rank 5 from verse 3
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    15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

  6. Isaiah 33:2Rank 6 from verse 3
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    2O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

  7. 2 Chronicles 15:4Rank 7 from verse 3
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    4But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

  8. Psalms 91:15Rank 8 from verse 3
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    15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

  9. Psalms 95:8Rank 9 from verse 3
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    8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

  10. Revelation 3:19Rank 10 from verse 3
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    19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

  11. Hosea 5:15–1Rank 11 from verse 3
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  12. Isaiah 22:5Rank 12 from verse 3
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    5For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.

  13. Jeremiah 30:7Rank 13 from verse 3
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    7Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

  14. Psalms 116:3–4Rank 14 from verse 3
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    3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

    4Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

  15. Isaiah 25:8Rank 15 from verse 3
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    8He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

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Isaiah 37:3

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day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

trouble

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Sense 1: Disturbance, affliction, distress, vexation, or difficulty. Sense 2: To disturb, distress, afflict, or inconvenience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rebuke

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1. A reproof, censure, or expression of blame or displeasure; to reprove or censure. 2. To command something to cease or be restrained.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

blasphemy

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Reviling, contemptuous, or irreverent speech against God, his name, or what belongs to him; by extension in stated contexts, abusive or slanderous speech against persons.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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birth

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Sense 1: The act or process of coming into life or bringing forth. Sense 2: That which is born; offspring. Sense 3: Origin, lineage, or one's place or condition as determined by birth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

strength

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Power, might, force, ability, firmness, courage, capacity, support, defence, resources, or that by which a person or thing is enabled to stand, act, endure, overcome, or accomplish a work.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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37:1AND it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

37:2And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

37:3And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

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37:4It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

37:5So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

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