'Distant Country' in the Bible

They are coming from a distant country,From the end of heaven [the farthest horizon]—The Lord and the weapons of His indignation—To destroy the whole land.

A few days later, the younger son gathered together everything [that he had] and traveled to a distant country, and there he wasted his fortune in reckless and immoral living.

So He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to obtain for himself a kingdom, and [then] to return.