en_tn/isa/37/03.md

## 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](../36/01.md).

## and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard ##

“and Yahweh your God will rebuke him”