³ They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the moment^(A) of birth and there is no strength to deliver them. ⁴ It may be that the Lord your God will hear all the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule^(B) the living God, and that he will rebuke^(C) him for the words the Lord your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant^(D) that still survives.”

⁵ When King Hezekiah’s officials came to Isaiah,