Isaiah 10 · Verse 3

Isaiah 10:3

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?
Isaiah 10:3, King James Version

Isaiah 10:3 in other translations

BSBWhat will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
WEBWhat will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
ASVAnd 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?
YLTAnd what do ye at a day of inspection? And at desolation? --from afar it cometh. Near whom do ye flee for help? And where do ye leave your honour?
DARBYAnd what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the sudden destruction which shall come from far? To whom will ye flee for help, and where will ye leave your glory?
BBEAnd what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the destruction which is coming from far? to whom will you go for help, and what will become of your glory?
WebsterAnd 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?

What does Isaiah 10:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 10:1-4

Woes against proud oppressors. (Is. 10:1-4) The Assyrian but an instrument in the hand of God for the punishment of his people. (Is. 10:5-19) The deliverance from him. (Is. 10:20-34) Verses 1-4 These verses are to be joined with the foregoing chapter. Woe to the superior powers that devise and decree unrighteous decrees! And woe to the inferior officers that draw them up, and enter them on record! But what will…

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Isaiah 10:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּמַֽה\־u.mah-and what?H4100
תַּעֲשׂוּ֙ta.'a.Suwill you doH6213
לְי֣וֹםle.Yomto [the] day ofH3117
פְּקֻדָּ֔הpe.ku.DahpunishmentH6486
וּלְשׁוֹאָ֖הu.le.sho.'Ahand to [the] devastationH7722
מִמֶּרְחָ֣קmi.mer.Chak[which] from a distanceH4801
תָּב֑וֹאta.Vo'it will comeH935
עַל\־'al-toH5921
מִי֙miwhom?H4310
תָּנ֣וּסוּta.Nu.suwill you fleeH5127
לְעֶזְרָ֔הle.'ez.Rahfor helpH5833
וְאָ֥נָהve.'A.nahand where?H575
תַעַזְב֖וּta.'az.Vuwill you leaveH5800
כְּבוֹדְכֶֽם\׃ke.Vod.Khemabundance yourH3519

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 10:3

  • Hosea 9:7

    The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

  • Luke 19:44

    And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

  • Job 31:14

    What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

  • Isaiah 20:6

    And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?

  • Isaiah 26:21

    For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

  • Zephaniah 1:18

    Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

  • Proverbs 11:4

    Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

  • 1 Peter 2:12

    Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

  • Isaiah 5:26

    And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

  • Revelation 6:15-16

    And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

  • Deuteronomy 28:49

    The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;

  • Isaiah 39:6-7

    Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord. And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And what.
20:6; 33:14; Job 31:14; Jer 5:31; Eze 24:13,14; Re 6:15,16
the day.
26:21; Ho 9:7; Lu 19:44; 1Pe 2:12
in the desolation.
5:26; 30:27,28; 39:3,6,7; De 28:49
to whom.
30:1-3,16; 31:1-3; Ho 5:13
where.
2:20,21; 5:14; Ge 31:1; 2Ki 7:6-8,15; Ps 49:16,17; Pr 11:4
Zep 1:18

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Context

  • Isaiah 10:2

    To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

  • Isaiah 10:3

    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?

  • Isaiah 10:4

    Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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Isaiah 10:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Y qué haréis en el día de la visitación? ¿y á quién os acogeréis que os ayude, cuando viniere de lejos el asolamiento? ¿y en dónde dejaréis vuestra gloria?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et que ferez-vous au jour de la visitation et de la destruction qui vient de loin? Vers qui vous enfuirez-vous pour avoir du secours, et où laisserez-vous votre gloire?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und was wollt ihr tun am Tage der Heimsuchung und beim Sturme, der von fern daherkommt? Zu wem wollt ihr fliehen um Hülfe, und wohin eure Herrlichkeit in Sicherheit bringen?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quid facietis in die visitationis, et calamitatis de longe venientis? ad cujus confugietis auxilium? et ubi derelinquetis gloriam vestram,