Isaiah 37:3
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
Cross-reference
Isaiah 26:17 uses the identical labor metaphor, prefiguring Hezekiah's exact description of distress without strength to deliver.
Isaiah 26:18 extends the metaphor to bringing forth wind, matching Hezekiah's 'no strength to deliver'—a strong thematic link.
Isaiah 66:9 contrasts Hezekiah's crisis: God rhetorically affirms He will bring to birth, promising deliverance from the birth-pang distress.
Isaiah 22:5 uses the exact phrase 'day of trouble' for Jerusalem's siege — directly paralleling Hezekiah's description.
Isaiah 25:8 promises God will wipe away reproach—contrasting with the 'rebuke and disgrace' Hezekiah laments here.
Isaiah 33:2 prays for God's salvation in time of trouble—matching the distress Hezekiah describes here.
2 Kings 19:3 records the identical message from Hezekiah to Isaiah—showing the same crisis from another historical account.
Psalm 44:16 laments enemies who reproach and blaspheme — echoing the 'blasphemy' Hezekiah faces in the crisis.
Jeremiah 30:7 describes a 'time of Jacob's trouble'—a great day of distress similar to Hezekiah's crisis, with a promise of deliverance.
Hosea 13:13 uses birth-pang imagery for Ephraim's judgment—parallel metaphor of distress, though applied to a different situation.