2Ki 19:3, Isa 26:17, 37:3, Act 16:29-34, 2Cor 6:2, Heb 3:7-8 | ESV | STEP | They said to him, Thus says Hezekiah , This day is a day of distress , of rebuke , and of disgrace ; children have come to the point of birth , and there is no strength to bring them forth .

n[Ps. 32:6; 69:13; Isa. 55:6; Heb. 3:13]

p ver. 15; ch. 4:7; Cited from Ps. 95:7-11

2 Kings 19:3

3 They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.

Isaiah 26:17

17 ^aLike a pregnant woman
who writhes and cries out in her pangs
when she is near to giving birth,
so were we because of you, O Lord;

Isaiah 37:3

3 They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a ^bday of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; ^cchildren have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.

Acts 16:29-34

29 And the jailer ^{▼▼Greek he} called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he ^efell down before Paul and Silas. 30 Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, ^fwhat must I do to be ^gsaved?” 31 And they said, ^h“Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you ⁱand your household.” 32 And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33 And he took them ^jthe same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he ^kwas baptized at once, he and all his family. 34 Then he brought them up into his house and set food before them. And he ^lrejoiced along with his entire household that he had believed in God.

2 Corinthians 6:2

2 For he says,

^m“In a favorable time I listened to you,
and in a day of salvation I have helped you.”
Behold, ⁿnow is the ^ofavorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

Hebrews 3:7-8

A Rest for the People of God

7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,

^p“Today, if you hear his voice,
8 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
on the day of testing in the wilderness,