Discovery BoxIsaiah 10:2-3 
Context10:2 to keep the poor from getting fair treatment,
and to deprive 1 the oppressed among my people of justice,
so they can steal what widows own,
and loot what belongs to orphans. 2
10:3 What will you do on judgment day, 3
when destruction arrives from a distant place?
To whom will you run for help?
Where will you leave your wealth?
1 tn Or “rob” (ASV, NASB, NCV, NRSV); KJV “take away the right from the poor.”
2 tn Heb “so that widows are their plunder, and they can loot orphans.”
sn On the socio-economic background of vv. 1-2, see the note at 1:23.
3 tn Heb “the day of visitation” (so KJV, ASV), that is, the day when God arrives to execute justice on the oppressors.
