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To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches? <a href="/nlt/isaiah/10.htm">New Living Translation</a> 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? <a href="/esv/isaiah/10.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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? <a href="/bsb/isaiah/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> What 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? <a href="/kjv/isaiah/10.htm">King James Bible</a> 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? <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/10.htm">New King James Version</a> 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? <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now what will you do in the day of punishment, And in the devastation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your wealth? <a href="/nasb/isaiah/10.htm">NASB 1995</a> Now what will you do in the day of punishment, And in the devastation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your wealth? <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Now what will you do in the day of punishment, And in the devastation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your wealth? <a href="/lsb/isaiah/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now what will you do in the day of visitation, And in the devastation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory? <a href="/amp/isaiah/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Now what will you do in the day of [God’s] punishment, And in the storm of devastation which will come from far away? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your wealth [for safekeeping]? <a href="/csb/isaiah/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> What will you do on the day of punishment when devastation comes from far away? Who will you run to for help? Where will you leave your wealth? <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> What will you do on the day of punishment when devastation comes from far away? Who will you run to for help? Where will you leave your wealth? <a href="/asv/isaiah/10.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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? <a href="/cev/isaiah/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But what will you do when you are fiercely attacked and punished by foreigners? Where will you run for help? Where will you hide your valuables? <a href="/erv/isaiah/10.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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? <a href="/gwt/isaiah/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> What will you do on the day you are called to account [for these things], when the disaster comes from far away? Where will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth? <a href="/gnt/isaiah/10.htm">Good News Translation</a> What will you do when God punishes you? What will you do when he brings disaster on you from a distant country? Where will you run to find help? Where will you hide your wealth? <a href="/isv/isaiah/10.htm">International Standard Version</a> What will you do on the day of Judgment, in the calamity that will come from far away? To whom will you run for help, and where will you leave your wealth, <a href="/msb/isaiah/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> What 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? <a href="/net/isaiah/10.htm">NET Bible</a> What will you do on judgment day, when destruction arrives from a distant place? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth? <a href="/nheb/isaiah/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> What 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, <a href="/wbt/isaiah/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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? <a href="/web/isaiah/10.htm">World English Bible</a> What 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? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And what do you do at a day of inspection? And at desolation that comes from afar? Near whom do you flee for help? And where do you leave your glory? <a href="/ylt/isaiah/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And 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? <a href="/slt/isaiah/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And what will ye do for the day of reviewing, and for the tempest coming from far off? upon whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> What will you do in the day of visitation, and of the calamity which cometh from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> What will you do on the day of visitation and calamity which is approaching from afar? To whom will you flee for assistance? And where will you leave behind your own glory, <a href="/nabre/isaiah/10.htm">New American Bible</a> What will you do on the day of punishment, when the storm comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth, <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> What will you do on the day of punishment, in the calamity that will come from far away? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And what will you do on the day of recompense and in the storm which shall come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory? <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> What will you do for the day of vengeance and for the tumult that comes from a distance? To whom will you escape that you will be helped, and to whom will you leave your honor that you may not bow under prisoners?<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And what will ye do in the day of visitation, And in the ruin which shall come from far? To whom will ye flee for help? And where will ye leave your glory? <a href="/sep/isaiah/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And what will they do in the day of visitation? for affliction shall come to you from afar: and to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory, <a href="/parallel/isaiah/10-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=2112" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/10.htm">Woe to Tyrants</a> …2to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder. 3<a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: ū·mah- (Conj-w:: Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">What</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ta·‘ă·śū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">will you do</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: lə·yō·wm (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">on the day</a> <a href="/hebrew/6486.htm" title="6486: pə·qud·dāh (N-fs) -- Oversight, mustering, visitation, store. Feminine passive participle of paqad; visitation.">of reckoning</a> <a href="/hebrew/7722.htm" title="7722: ū·lə·šō·w·’āh (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Perhaps a ravage. Or showtah; or shoah; from an unused root meaning to rush over; a tempest; by implication, devastation.">when devastation</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: tā·ḇō·w (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">comes</a> <a href="/hebrew/4801.htm" title="4801: mim·mer·ḥāq (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Distant place, distance. From rachaq; remoteness, i.e. a distant place; often from afar.">from afar?</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">To</a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">whom</a> <a href="/hebrew/5127.htm" title="5127: tā·nū·sū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To flee, escape. A primitive root; to flit, i.e. Vanish away.">will you flee</a> <a href="/hebrew/5833.htm" title="5833: lə·‘ez·rāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Help, helper, assistance. Or mezrath; feminine of ezer; aid.">for help?</a> <a href="/hebrew/575.htm" title="575: wə·’ā·nāh (Conj-w:: Interrog) -- Where? whither?. Or manah; contracted from 'aiyn; where?; hence, whither?, when?; also hither and thither.">Where</a> <a href="/hebrew/5800.htm" title="5800: ṯa·‘az·ḇū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To loosen, relinquish, permit. A primitive root; to loosen, i.e. Relinquish, permit, etc.">will you leave</a> <a href="/hebrew/3519.htm" title="3519: kə·ḇō·wḏ·ḵem (N-msc:: 2mp) -- Rarely kabod; from kabad; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness.">your wealth?</a> 4Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/amos/5-18.htm">Amos 5:18-20</a> Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light. / It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake. / Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it? <a href="/zephaniah/1-14.htm">Zephaniah 1:14-18</a> The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter. / That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, / a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers. ... <a href="/luke/12-20.htm">Luke 12:20-21</a> But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’ / This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.” <a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-3</a> Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. <a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm">Proverbs 11:4</a> Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death. <a href="/matthew/16-26.htm">Matthew 16:26</a> What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? <a href="/ezekiel/7-19.htm">Ezekiel 7:19</a> They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity. <a href="/zechariah/1-4.htm">Zechariah 1:4-6</a> Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD. / Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever? / But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’” <a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5-6</a> But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. / God “will repay each one according to his deeds.” <a href="/revelation/6-15.htm">Revelation 6:15-17</a> Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. / And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. / For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?” <a href="/jeremiah/5-29.htm">Jeremiah 5:29</a> Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this? <a href="/hosea/9-7.htm">Hosea 9:7</a> The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility. <a href="/micah/6-9.htm">Micah 6:9-12</a> The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it. / Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed? / Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights? ... <a href="/matthew/25-31.htm">Matthew 25:31-46</a> When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne. / All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. / He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left. ... <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-2.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:2-3</a> For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. / While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And what will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will you flee for help? and where will you leave your glory?and what<a href="/isaiah/20-6.htm">Isaiah 20:6</a> 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?<a href="/isaiah/33-14.htm">Isaiah 33:14</a> The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?<a href="/job/31-14.htm">Job 31:14</a> What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?the day<a href="/isaiah/26-21.htm">Isaiah 26:21</a> 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.<a href="/hosea/9-7.htm">Hosea 9:7</a> 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.<a href="/luke/19-44.htm">Luke 19:44</a> 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.in the desolation<a href="/isaiah/5-26.htm">Isaiah 5:26</a> 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:<a href="/isaiah/30-27.htm">Isaiah 30:27,28</a> Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: … <a href="/isaiah/39-3.htm">Isaiah 39:3,6,7</a> Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon… to whom<a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Isaiah 30:1-3,16</a> Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: … <a href="/isaiah/31-1.htm">Isaiah 31:1-3</a> Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! … <a href="/hosea/5-13.htm">Hosea 5:13</a> When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.where<a href="/isaiah/2-20.htm">Isaiah 2:20,21</a> In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; … <a href="/isaiah/5-14.htm">Isaiah 5:14</a> Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.<a href="/genesis/31-1.htm">Genesis 31:1</a> And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/5-26.htm">Afar</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-11.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-16.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-7.htm">Devastation</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-11.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-9.htm">Far</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-6.htm">Flee</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-7.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-7.htm">Help</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-13.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/job/10-12.htm">Inspection</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-4.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-13.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-12.htm">Reckoning</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-4.htm">Riches</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-5.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Run</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-28.htm">Storm</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-19.htm">Sudden</a> <a href="/job/10-12.htm">Visitation</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-4.htm">Wealth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/13-5.htm">Afar</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-9.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-7.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-4.htm">Devastation</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-18.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-5.htm">Far</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-31.htm">Flee</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-12.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/isaiah/20-6.htm">Help</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-16.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-17.htm">Inspection</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-25.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/hosea/5-9.htm">Reckoning</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-14.htm">Riches</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-1.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-1.htm">Run</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-13.htm">Storm</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-14.htm">Sudden</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-6.htm">Visitation</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Wealth</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 10</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/10-1.htm">The woe of tyrants</a> 5. <a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Assyria, the rod of hypocrites, for its pride shall be broken</a> 20. <a href="/isaiah/10-20.htm">A remnant of Israel shall be saved</a> 23. <a href="/isaiah/10-23.htm">Judah is comforted with promise of deliverance from Assyria</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Isaiah, it speaks to the impending judgment on Israel and Judah due to their disobedience and idolatry. The "day of reckoning" is a time when God holds nations and individuals accountable for their actions. This concept is echoed in other scriptures such as <a href="/joel/2.htm">Joel 2:1-2</a> and <a href="/zephaniah/1-14.htm">Zephaniah 1:14-18</a>, where the day of the Lord is described as a time of darkness and distress.when devastation comes from afar? The devastation mentioned here is likely referring to the Assyrian invasion, which was a significant threat to Israel and Judah during Isaiah's time. Historically, the Assyrians were known for their military prowess and brutal conquests, which brought destruction to many nations. The phrase "from afar" emphasizes the foreign nature of the threat, highlighting the reach and power of the Assyrian empire. This serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty in using foreign nations as instruments of judgment, as seen in <a href="/habakkuk/1-6.htm">Habakkuk 1:6</a>.To whom will you flee for help? This rhetorical question underscores the futility of relying on human alliances or false gods for deliverance. In Isaiah's time, Israel and Judah often sought help from neighboring nations like Egypt, rather than turning to God. This is a recurring theme in the prophetic books, where reliance on anything other than God is shown to be inadequate (<a href="/isaiah/31.htm">Isaiah 31:1</a>). The question challenges the reader to consider their own sources of security and to recognize that true help comes only from the Lord (<a href="/psalms/121.htm">Psalm 121:1-2</a>).Where will you leave your wealth? This phrase highlights the temporary and insecure nature of material possessions in the face of divine judgment. In times of crisis, wealth cannot provide safety or salvation. This is a common biblical theme, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm">Proverbs 11:4</a>, which states that riches do not profit in the day of wrath. The question serves as a warning against placing trust in material wealth, urging a focus on spiritual riches and a relationship with God, as emphasized in <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> The prophet who delivered God's message to the people of Judah and Israel, warning them of impending judgment due to their disobedience and injustice. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah_and_israel.htm">Judah and Israel</a> The divided kingdoms of God's chosen people, who were often warned by prophets like Isaiah about their unfaithfulness and the consequences thereof. 3. <a href="/topical/a/assyria.htm">Assyria</a> The foreign nation used by God as an instrument of judgment against Israel and Judah, representing the "devastation from afar." 4. <a href="/topical/d/day_of_reckoning.htm">Day of Reckoning</a> A time of divine judgment and accountability for the people's actions, emphasizing the seriousness of God's justice. 5. <a href="/topical/w/wealth.htm">Wealth</a> Symbolizes the misplaced trust and false security of the people, who relied on material possessions rather than God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_inevitability_of_divine_judgment.htm">The Inevitability of Divine Judgment</a> God's justice is certain, and a day of reckoning will come for all. We must live with an awareness of this truth and align our lives accordingly. <a href="/topical/m/misplaced_trust_in_wealth.htm">Misplaced Trust in Wealth</a> Material possessions cannot save us in times of divine judgment. Our trust should be in God alone, not in the temporary security of wealth. <a href="/topical/s/seeking_refuge_in_god.htm">Seeking Refuge in God</a> In times of trouble, we must turn to God for help and refuge, rather than relying on our own resources or other people. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> Isaiah's warning serves as a call to repentance. We must examine our lives, turn from sin, and seek God's forgiveness and guidance. <a href="/topical/e/eternal_perspective.htm">Eternal Perspective</a> We are encouraged to live with an eternal perspective, focusing on spiritual wealth and treasures in heaven rather than earthly gains.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 10</a> <a href="/q/why_does_isaiah_24_depict_cosmic_ruin.htm">Why does Isaiah 24 describe devastation on a cosmic scale that seems scientifically impossible for the ancient world to witness or record?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_unjust_rulers.htm">Isaiah 10:1–4: Why would a just God allow oppressive rulers to continue writing unjust laws while still holding them accountable later? </a> <a href="/q/isaiah_3_25-26__align_with_judah's_history.htm">Isaiah 3:25-26: How do the predicted devastations align (or conflict) with known historical or archaeological data on warfare and destruction in ancient Judah?</a> <a href="/q/does_amos_5_18_contradict_hopeful_texts.htm">Amos 5:18 - If the 'Day of the Lord' is described here as darkness, does this contradict other biblical texts that portray it as a time of hope or victory?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) And what will ye do in the day of visitation . . .?--The question was not without a certain touch of irony. Had those corrupt judges asked themselves what they would do when the Supreme Judge should call them to account? Had they an ally who could protect them against Jehovah? Or had they found a hiding-place for the treasures which they had made their "glory"? Had they made a covenant with Hades and with death? (<a href="/isaiah/28-18.htm" title="And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing whip shall pass through, then you shall be trodden down by it.">Isaiah 28:18</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - What will ye do in the day of visitation? "The day of visitation" is the day when God reckons with his servants, and demands an account from each of the work done in his vineyard, being prepared to recompense the good and punish the bad (comp. <a href="/hosea/9-7.htm">Hosea 9:7</a>). It is oftenest used in a bad sense because, unhappily, so many more are found to deserve punishment than reward. The desolation which shall come from far; rather, the crashing ruin (Cheyne). It is sudden, and complete destruction, rather than mere desolateness, that is threatened. Previous prophecies, especially <a href="/isaiah/7-17.htm">Isaiah 7:17-20</a>, had informed the Jews that it was to "come from far," "by them that were beyond the river." To whom will ye flee? The prophet speaks in bitter irony. Is there any one to whom ye can flee? any one who can protect you from the wrath of God? Ye well know there is no one. Where will ye leave your glory? With whom will ye deposit your riches, your magnificence, your jewels, your grand apparel? You cannot save them. They will all make to themselves wings, and "fly away like a bird" (<a href="/hosea/9-11.htm">Hosea 9:11</a>). <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/10-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>What וּמַֽה־ (ū·mah-) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> What?, what!, indefinitely what will you do תַּעֲשׂוּ֙ (ta·‘ă·śū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make on the day לְי֣וֹם (lə·yō·wm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day of reckoning פְּקֻדָּ֔ה (pə·qud·dāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6486.htm">Strong's 6486: </a> Oversight, mustering, visitation, store when devastation וּלְשׁוֹאָ֖ה (ū·lə·šō·w·’āh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7722.htm">Strong's 7722: </a> A tempest, devastation comes תָּב֑וֹא (tā·ḇō·w) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go from afar? מִמֶּרְחָ֣ק (mim·mer·ḥāq) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4801.htm">Strong's 4801: </a> Remoteness, a distant place, from afar To עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against whom מִי֙ (mî) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix will you flee תָּנ֣וּסוּ (tā·nū·sū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5127.htm">Strong's 5127: </a> To flit, vanish away for help? לְעֶזְרָ֔ה (lə·‘ez·rāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5833.htm">Strong's 5833: </a> Help, helper, assistance Where וְאָ֥נָה (wə·’ā·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> Where?, whither?, when?, hither and thither will you leave תַעַזְב֖וּ (ṯa·‘az·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5800.htm">Strong's 5800: </a> To loosen, relinquish, permit your wealth? כְּבוֹדְכֶֽם׃ (kə·ḇō·wḏ·ḵem) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3519.htm">Strong's 3519: </a> Weight, splendor, copiousness <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/10-3.htm">Isaiah 10:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/10-3.htm">Isaiah 10:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/10-3.htm">Isaiah 10:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/10-3.htm">Isaiah 10:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/10-3.htm">Isaiah 10:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/10-3.htm">Isaiah 10:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/10-3.htm">Isaiah 10:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/10-3.htm">Isaiah 10:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/10-3.htm">Isaiah 10:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/10-3.htm">Isaiah 10:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-3.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 10:3 What will you do in the day (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/10-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 10:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 10:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/10-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 10:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 10:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>