2 Kings 19:1-3

Evangelical Heritage Version

Isaiah’s Message to Hezekiah

19 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth. Then he went into the House of the Lord. ² He sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and the elders of the priests, dressed in sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

³ They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says. Today is a day of distress and rebuke and humiliation because children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.