19:2 He sent Eliakim the palace supervisor, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, 1 clothed in sackcloth, with this message to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz:
19:3 “This is what Hezekiah says: 2 ‘This is a day of distress, insults, 3 and humiliation, 4 as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through. 5
1 tnHeb “elders of the priests.”
2 tn In the Hebrew text this verse begins with “they said to him.”
3 tn Or “rebuke,” “correction.”
4 tn Or “contempt.”
5 tnHeb “when sons come to the cervical opening and there is no strength to give birth.”