Isaiah 37:3

³They told him, “This is what King Hezekiah says: Today is a day of trouble, insults, and disgrace. It is like when a child is ready to be born, but the mother has no strength to deliver the baby.a

Isaiah 37 records the dramatic climax of Assyria's siege of Jerusalem under King Sennacherib. When Hezekiah receives a blasphemous letter mocking the Lord's ability to save, he takes it to the temple and spreads it before God. Through Isaiah, God sends a word of judgment against Ass