New King James Version
Isaiah 10:3
3What will you do in the day of punishment, And in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory?
Isaiah 10:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
- New International Version (NIV)What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches?
- English Standard Version (ESV)What will you do on the day of punishment, in the ruin that will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?
- New Living Translation (NLT)What will you do when I punish you, when I send disaster upon you from a distant land? To whom will you turn for help? Where will your treasures be safe?
Context of Isaiah 10:3
1“Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, Who write misfortune, Which they have prescribed 2To rob the needy of justice, And to take what is right from the poor of My people, That widows may be their prey, And that they may rob the fatherless. What will you do in the day of punishment, And in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory? 4Without Me they shall bow down among the prisoners, And they shall fall among the slain.” For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still. 5“Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
Read all of Isaiah 10Isaiah 10:3 word by word
וּמַֽה־תַּעֲשׂוּ֙ לְי֣וֹם פְּקֻדָּ֔ה וּלְשׁוֹאָ֖ה מִמֶּרְחָ֣ק תָּב֑וֹא עַל־מִי֙ תָּנ֣וּסוּ לְעֶזְרָ֔ה וְאָ֥נָה תַעַזְב֖וּ כְּבוֹדְכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And what will ye doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- of visitationפְּקֻדָּהpeqûddâh · punishmentH6486
- and in the desolationשׁוֹאָהshô' shô'âh shô'âh · devastationH7722
- shall comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- from farמֶרְחָקmerchâq · distanceH4801
- to whom will ye fleeנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
- for helpעֶזְרָה‛ezrâh ‛ezrâth · helpH5833
- and where will ye leaveעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
- your gloryכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
Cross-references for Isaiah 10:3
- Isaiah 20:6And the inhabitant of this territory will say in that day, ‘Surely such is our expectation, wherever we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?’ ”
- Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites: “Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”
- Job 31:14What then shall I do when God rises up? When He punishes, how shall I answer Him?
- Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule by their own power; And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?
- Ezekiel 24:13In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed you, and you were not cleansed, You will not be cleansed of your filthiness anymore, Till I have caused My fury to rest upon you.
- Revelation 6:15And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains,
- Isaiah 26:21For behold, the Lord comes out of His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; The earth will also disclose her blood, And will no more cover her slain.
- Hosea 9:7The days of punishment have come; The days of recompense have come. Israel knows! The prophet is a fool, The spiritual man is insane, Because of the greatness of your iniquity and great enmity.
- Luke 19:44and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
- 1 Peter 2:12having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.
- Isaiah 5:26He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar, And will whistle to them from the end of the earth; Surely they shall come with speed, swiftly.
- Isaiah 30:27Behold, the name of the Lord comes from afar, Burning with His anger, And His burden is heavy; His lips are full of indignation, And His tongue like a devouring fire.
- Isaiah 39:3Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?” So Hezekiah said, “They came to me from a far country, from Babylon.”
- Deuteronomy 28:49The Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand,
- Isaiah 30:1“Woe to the rebellious children,” says the Lord, “Who take counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, That they may add sin to sin;
- Isaiah 31:1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the Lord!
Commentaries on Isaiah 10:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And what will ye do - The prophet here proceeds to denounce the judgment, or punishment, that would follow the crimes specified in the previous verses. That punishment was the invasion of the land by a foreign force. What will ye do? To whom will you fly? What refuge will them be?‘ Implying that the calamity would be so great that there would be no refuge, or escape. In the day of visitation - The word “visitation” (פקדה peqûddâh ) is used here in the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Isaiah asked several questions, but he did not expect an answer. The implied answer was clear. When God punished Judah, there would be no one to help them. Disaster first came from the distant land of Assyria. Later, it came from Babylon. These nations became the instruments of God’s judgment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. what will ye do--what way of escape will there be for you? visitation--of God's wrath (Is 26:14; Job 35:15; Ho 9:7). from far--from Assyria. leave ... glory--rather, "deposit (for safekeeping) your wealth" [Lowth]. So Psa 49:17.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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