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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Gill's Exposition
And they said unto him,.... The messengers to the prophet:
thus saith Hezekiah; this is the message he has sent us with; this is what he would have us lay before thee, and has given us in charge to…
Barnes' Notes
This is a day of rebuke - This may refer either to the reproaches of Rabsbakeh, or more probably to the fact that Hezekiah regarded the Lord as rebuking his people for their sins. The word which is…
We may observe here, 1. That the best way to baffle the malicious designs of our enemies against us is to be driven by them to God and to our duty and so to fetch meat out of the eater. Rabshakeh…
Cambridge Bible
a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy Rather, of distress and chastisement and rejection. The word for "blasphemy" (Neh 9:18; Neh 9:26; Eze 35:12) is differently pointed from that here…
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