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443 B
They said to him
"The men sent by Hezekiah said to Isaiah"
like when a child is ready to be born, but the mother has no strength to give birth to her child
This comparison is made to emphasizes that they are in a time of extreme difficulty. Alternate translation: "It is as terrible as the day when a child is ready to be born, but the mother has no strength to give birth to her child" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)