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

⁵ When King Hezekiah’s officials came to Isaiah,