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.
A day ... of rebuke - i:e., the Lord's rebuke for His people's sins (Hosea 5:9).
Blasphemy - blasphemous railing of Rabshakeh.
The children ... not strength to bring forth - a proverbial expression for, We are in the most extreme danger, and have no power to avert it (cf. note, Hosea 13:13).