Isa 37:3, Hos 13:13 | 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 .

Isaiah 37:3

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

Hosea 13:13

13 ^cThe pangs of childbirth come for him,
but he is an unwise son,
for at the right time he does not present himself
^dat the opening of the womb.