The children are come to the birth. — The bold language of the text stands where we should use an adjective of which we half forget the meaning. Things had come to such a pass that all plans and counsels were literally abortive. (Comp. Isaiah 26:17-18, and Hosea 13:13 for a like simile.)
Related Commentaries of Isaiah 37:3
Isaiah 37:3
3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy:a for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.