Isaiah 10:3

¹ Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,

² to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.

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?

⁴ Nothing 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.

⁵ Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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?
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?
WEB: 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?
ASV: 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?
DARBY: And 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?
BLB: And what will you⁺ do in the day of reckoning, and at the desolation [that] comes from afar? Upon whom will you⁺ flee for help, and where will you⁺ leave your⁺ wealth?

ÅB: Men hva vil dere gjøre på hjemsøkelsens dag, når ødeleggelsen kommer fra det fjerne? Til hvem vil dere flykte for å få hjelp, og hvor vil dere gjøre av deres skatter?
OTB: Hva vil dere gjøre på dommens dag, når ødeleggelsen kommer fra det fjerne? Til hvem vil dere flykte for hjelp, og hvor vil dere etterlate deres rikdom?
B1930: Men hvad vil I gjøre på hjemsøkelsens dag, når ødeleggelsen kommer fra det fjerne? Til hvem vil I fly for å få hjelp, og hvor vil I gjøre av eders skatter?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Hosea 9:7
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.
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Luke 19:44
They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
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Job 31:14
what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?
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Isaiah 20:6
And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”
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Isaiah 26:21
For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
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Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
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Proverbs 11:4
Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
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1 Peter 2:12
Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
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