19:3a to tell him,
They ⌊went and⌋ told Isaiah
-or-
So these men ⌊went to Isaiah and⌋ gave him
19:3b “This is what Hezekiah says:
what Hezekiah had said:
-or-
this message from Hezekiah.
19:3c Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace;
“This is a very painful/sad day. Today ⌊we (incl.) are⌋ being rebuked/corrected and humiliated.
-or-
“Today ⌊we (incl.) ⌋ suffer. ⌊God⌋ is correcting/punishing ⌊us⌋ and humbling ⌊us⌋ .
19:3d for children have come to the point of birth,
It is like when babies are ready/about to be born
-or-
⌊We (incl.) are like a woman⌋ whose time has come to give birth
19:3e but there is no strength to deliver them.
but ⌊their mothers⌋ are not strong enough to give them birth.
-or-
but who is too weak to do it.
19:d-e (reordered)
We are like a woman who has no strength to bring to birth the child she is carrying.” (Revised English Bible)
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