unfoldingWord_en_tn/isa/37/03.md

649 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 emphasizes that they are in a time of extreme difficulty. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

It may be Yahweh your God will hear the words

AT: "Maybe if you pray to Yahweh your God he will hear the message" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

the chief commander

See how you translated this in Isaiah 36:1.

and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard

“and Yahweh your God will rebuke him”