Isaiah 10:3

¹ Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

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!

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?

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.

⁵ O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

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 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.
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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.
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Job 31:14
What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Proverbs 11:4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
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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.
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