Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 10:3
3What will you do in the day of visitation, when desolation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
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 King James Version (NKJV)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?
Context of Isaiah 10:3
1Oy to those enacting unjust decrees and recording corrupt legislation, 2to deprive the helpless of justice and rob the rights of the poor of My people, so that widows may be their spoil and orphans their prey! What will you do in the day of visitation, when desolation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth? 4One can only crouch among the captives or collapse among the slain. For all this His anger is not turned away, yet His hand is still outstretched. 5Oy to Assyria, the rod of My anger— the club in their 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 20:6Then the inhabitants of the coastland will say in that day, ‘Look, such is our hope—there we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! Now, how will we escape?’”
- Isaiah 33:14Sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can live with the consuming fire?” “Who among us can live with everlasting burnings?”
- Job 31:14then what could I do when God rises up; when He visits, how will I answer Him?
- Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, the kohanim rule by their own authority, and My people love it this way! But what will you do in the end?”
- Ezekiel 24:13Because of your filthy obscenity, though I tried to purify you yet you were not made pure, you will never be cleansed from your filth until I have satisfied My fury on you.
- Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the military commanders and the rich and the mighty and everyone—slave and free—hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
- Isaiah 26:21For behold, Adonai is coming out from His place to punish inhabitants of the earth for iniquity. The earth will disclose her bloodshed, no longer covering up her slain.
- Hosea 9:7The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have come. Let Israel know! The prophet is a fool; the man of the spirit is mad! For great is your iniquity and great the hostility.
- Luke 19:44And they will smash you to the ground—you and your children within you. And they won’t leave within you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”
- 1 Peter 2:12Keep your conduct honorable among the Gentiles. Then while they speak against you as evildoers, they may—from noticing your good deeds—glorify God in the day of visitation.
- Isaiah 5:26He will lift up a banner to nations far off, and will whistle for them from the ends of the earth. Look! Swiftly, speedily they come!
- Isaiah 30:27Look, Adonai’s Name comes from afar, burning with His anger, in thick rising smoke, His lips full of indignation, His tongue like a consuming fire,
- Isaiah 39:3Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?” Hezekiah replied, “They have come to me from a far country, from Babylon.”
- Deuteronomy 28:49“Adonai will raise up a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, just as the eagle swoops down—a nation whose language you will not understand,
- Isaiah 30:1“Oy , the rebellious children” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “Who carry out a plan, but not Mine, and make an alliance, but not of My Ruach, so they may add sin to sin,
- Isaiah 31:1Oy , those going down to Egypt for help. They are relying on horses, trusting in chariots since they are many, and in horsemen since they are very mighty, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel nor seek Adonai!
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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