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He lifts a signal flag for a distant nation, he whistles for it to come from the far regions of the earth. Look, they come quickly and swiftly.

Verse ConceptsBanner, Figurative UseSpeedFlagsWhistlingFar From HerePeople From Far Away


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.

Verse ConceptsBabylonGod's IndignationAnger Of God, ConsequencesWeaponsDestruction Of CountriesWeapons Of GodGood Things From Far AwayPeople From Far Away

Is this really your boisterous city whose origins are in the distant past, and whose feet led her to a distant land to reside?

Verse ConceptsHistory Of NationsFar From Here

I will say to the north, 'Hand them over!' and to the south, 'Don't hold any back!' Bring my sons from distant lands, and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth,

Verse ConceptsNorthSouthSpiritual AdoptionNorth And SouthPeople From Far AwayThe End Of The WorldGiving Back

who summons an eagle from the east, from a distant land, one who carries out my plan. Yes, I have decreed, yes, I will bring it to pass; I have formulated a plan, yes, I will carry it out.

Verse ConceptseastPlansBirds, Figurative UseOut Of The EastBirds Of PreyPeople From Far AwayBirdsEclipse

You take olive oil as tribute to your king, along with many perfumes. You send your messengers to a distant place; you go all the way to Sheol.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsAnointing, Social CustomenvoyPerfumeAttraction

Then you will look and smile, you will be excited and your heart will swell with pride. For the riches of distant lands will belong to you and the wealth of nations will come to you.

Verse ConceptsAffluenceSea DwellersLight Of God's PeoplePlenty Through GodSwellingGetting RichThe SeaSmilingWealth And Prosperity


“The islands and coastlands will confidently wait for Me;
And the ships of Tarshish will come first,
To bring your sons from far away,
Their silver and gold with them,
For the name of the Lord your God,
For the Holy One of Israel because He has glorified you.

Verse ConceptsHonorIslandsSeafaringShipsThe NavySea TravelGod Bestowing GloryPeople From Far Away

Rage, O ye peoples, - and be overthrown, And give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth, - Gird yourselves and be overthrown, Gird yourselves, and be overthrown:

Verse ConceptsBattlesVoicesBattle Cries

I will set a sign among them and will send survivors from them to the nations: Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Tubal and Javan, to the distant coastlands that have neither heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they will declare My glory among the nations.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorFameIslandsMission, Of IsraelSigns From GodMissionary WorkArchers, In ArmiesAfricaSurvivors Of The Nations

A message concerning the pasture by the Sea. "Like whirlwinds in the Negev sweep on, it comes from the desert, from a distant land.

Verse ConceptsWhirlwindsVisions From God

""Didn't you hear how in the distant past I decided to do it, how I planned from days of old? Now I've made it happen that fortified cities become devastated, besieged heaps.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, God's Promises OfHistoryDestruction Of CitiesHearing About GodGod Planning Of OldGod's Plans

Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and asked him, "What did these men have to say? And from where did they come to you?" Hezekiah replied, "From a distant land they came to me from Babylon."

Verse ConceptsPeople From Far AwayWhere From?Named Prophets Of The Lord

Explain and present a case! Yes, let them take counsel together. Who announced this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no other God besides me, a righteous God and Savior; and there is none besides me.

Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfGod Speaking Of OldNo Other Is God

and the Lord has sent the people off to a distant place, and the very heart of the land is completely abandoned.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesExile In Prospect

At that time the Lord will whistle for flies from the distant streams of Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria.

Verse ConceptsFliesBeesInsectsWhistlingflying

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?

Verse ConceptsMoney, Attitudes ToRich, TheVisitationGod VisitingReckoningDrawbacks To RichesPeople From Far Away

Though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves, when he shouts at them, they will flee to a distant land, driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills, or like dead thistles before a strong gale.

Verse ConceptsChaffWindWhirlwindsLight As ChaffRoar Of NationsGod Requite Them!

All your leaders ran away together -- they fled to a distant place; all your refugees were captured together -- they were captured without a single arrow being shot.

Verse ConceptsIsrael Fleeing

Look, the name of the Lord comes from a distant place in raging anger and awesome splendor. He speaks angrily and his word is like destructive fire.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodLipsSmokeTheophanyFire Emanating From GodGod Has AngerGood Things From Far Away


Therefore this wickedness [this sin, this injustice, this wrongdoing] will be to you
Like a crack [in a wall] about to fall,
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant,

Verse ConceptsSin, God's Judgment OnWallsAfflictions Of The WickedThe Insecurity Of The WickedSudden DestructionSuddenlyThings Falling

Coastlands, listen to me;
distant peoples, pay attention.
The Lord called me before I was born.
He named me while I was in my mother’s womb.

Verse ConceptsAbortionUnborn FetusesIslandsSanctity Of LifeCalling, Of IndividualsGod Naming PeopleFrom The WombPay Attention To God!

The oracle on Dumah: Unto me, is one crying - out of Seir, Watchman! how far gone is the night? Watchman, how far gone is the night?

Verse ConceptsProphecies concerning

My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent to Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesLamentingRoadsPeoples Who Fled

For the cry has gone out along the border of Moab; her wailing reaches as far as Eglaim, her wailing reaches as far as Beer-elim.

and you will be established
on a foundation of righteousness.
You will be far from oppression,
you will certainly not be afraid;
you will be far from terror,
it will certainly not come near you.

Verse Conceptsethics, socialCivic RighteousnessDistinctives Of RighteousnessFreed From FearDepressionFear And WorryWorrying About The Futurefairnessoppressioncredibilityterrorism

Look, they come from far away! Look, some come from the north and west, and others from the land of Sinim!

Verse ConceptsWestCompassesPeople From Far AwayImmigrants

Yes, your land lies in ruins; it is desolate and devastated. But now you will be too small to hold your residents, and those who devoured you will be far away.

Verse ConceptsWaste Places RestoredFar From Here

"As far as I am concerned, this is like in Noah's time, when I vowed that the waters of Noah's flood would never again cover the earth. In the same way I have vowed that I will not be angry at you or shout at you.

Verse ConceptsFlood, TheCovenant, God's with NoahBefore The FloodThe DelugeGod Swearing BlessingsGod Will No More Be AngryNoah's FloodTimes Of PeopleThe RainbowFloodsRainbowrebukingcredibility

I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. Complete prosperity is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby," says the Lord, "and I will heal them.

Verse ConceptsLipsGod HealsHealing A Broken HeartPeace And Comfort

For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.

Verse ConceptsDespair, Description OfNightShadowsWalkingWalking In DarknessOvertaken By DarknessFar From OneNo Justice

We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

Verse ConceptsdovesRumblingBird SoundsFar From OneNo JusticeThose Not Saved

Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.

Verse ConceptsInjustice, Nature And Source OfPlumb LineRoadsStumblingEvil TimesFar From OneUnfaithfulMorality

Look all around you! They all gather and come to you -- your sons come from far away and your daughters are escorted by guardians.

Verse ConceptsChildren In The FaithPeople Carrying Live PeoplePeople From Far AwayComing TogetherRaising Childrengatheringepiphany


For we all have become like one who is [ceremonially] unclean [like a leper],
And all our deeds of righteousness are like filthy rags;
We all wither and decay like a leaf,
And our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing], like the wind, takes us away [carrying us far from God’s favor, toward destruction].

Verse ConceptsCoolFilthinessImperfection, Influence OfJustification, Necessity OfRagsRighteousness, As FaithSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfSanctification, Nature And BasisSelf Righteousness, And The GospelSin, Effects OfThe Sin NatureHelplessnessThe Frailty Of ManSalvation Not By WorksClothed With RighteousnessPeople WitheredPeople Being UncleanMenstruationRighteousnessGarmentsJustification Is Not By Works

Thou hast increased the nation, O Yahweh, Thou hast increased the nation thou hast gotten thyself glory, Thou hast extended far, all the ends of the land.

Verse ConceptsBoundariesEnlargementGod Multipling People

Hear - ye that are far off. what I have done, And know - ye that are near my might:

Verse ConceptsAcknowledged

For the fields of Heshbon are waste, the vine of Sibmah is dead; the lords of nations were overcome by the produce of her vines; her vine-plants went as far as Jazer, and came even to the waste land; her branches were stretched out to the sea.

Verse ConceptsDestroying Vineyards

Which sends envoys by the sea,
Even in papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters.
Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth,
To a people feared far and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation
Whose land the rivers divide.

Verse ConceptsBabylonenvoyPapyrusDivision Of WatersTall PeopleSea TravelBoatsWaters DividingFearing Other People

At that time a gift of homage will be brought to the Lord of hosts
From a people tall and smooth,
Even from a people feared far and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation,
Whose land the rivers divide—
To the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, even Mount Zion.

Verse ConceptsGiftsGiving To GodDivision Of WatersTall PeopleWaters DividingFearing Other PeopleAmerica

Woe unto them that hide deep, far from Jehovah, their counsel! And their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

Verse ConceptsConcealment, Of SinVeilsSecret SinsDarkness Of EvilNot Seeing PeopleUnseenHiding SinsWoe To The WickedDarknesshiding

Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To God!

Come ye forth out of Babylon, Flee from among the Chaldeans, With triumphant voice, tell ye - let this be heard, Let it go forth as far as the end of the earth, - Say ye - Yahweh hath redeemed his servant Jacob!

Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonHeraldRedemption, In OtComing Out From Evil

Yea he said - It is too small a thing, for being my Servant, That thou shouldest raise up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel, shouldst restore, - So I will give thee to become a light of nations, That, my salvation, may reach as far as the end of the earth.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorGentiles, In OtenlightenmentLight, SpiritualRestoring NationsMediatorMission, Of IsraelMission, Of Jesus ChristMissionaries, Call OfOutsidersSmallnessMessianic PropheciesThe Gentiles ConversionPreaching Gospel To ForeignersThe Gospel WorldwideGod's Salvation Made KnownUnimportant ThingsAbrahamic CovenantGentilesThe End Of The Worldpreservation

But thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they go far beyond the east countries in Sorcerers - who they have as the Philistines had - and in calkers of men's births, whereof they have too many.

Verse ConceptsAbandoning FriendsAbandonmentDivination, Practiced ByJacob, The PatriarchPagansSyncretismOut Of The EastRelations With ForeignersAliens

“Behind the door and the doorpost
You have set up your sign;
Indeed, far removed from Me, you have uncovered yourself,
And have gone up and made your bed wide.
And you have made an agreement for yourself with them,
You have loved their bed,
You have looked on their manhood.

Verse ConceptsCoveringNakednessPagansBedsmanhood

The LORD shall turn thee over like a ball with his hands, and shall send thee into a far country. There shalt thou die, there shall the pomp of thy chariots have an end: thou villain of the house of thy LORD.

Verse ConceptsTrusting In ChariotsRollingShame Has Come

And though the LORD giveth you the bread of adversity, and the water of trouble, thine instructor flyeth not far from thee; if thine eyes look unto thine instructor,

Verse ConceptsBread, Figurative OfTeachersWaters Of AfflictionGod HidingWater, As A Symbol Of AfflictionHard TimesHealing A Broken HeartHardshipGetting Through Hard Timesoppressionhiding

whom I led from the ends of the earth by the hand: For I called thee from far, and said unto thee 'Thou shalt be my servant,' I have chosen thee, and will not cast thee away.

Verse ConceptsChoicesPeople From Far Away

Behold, the alien that was far from thee shall dwell with thee: and he that was sometime a stranger unto thee, shall be joined with thee.

Verse ConceptsSurrenderEnemy Attacksgatheringcredibility

And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

Verse ConceptsReedsSmellsCanalsNature DecayingBrooks

You said in your heart, "I'll ascend to heaven, above the stars of God. I'll erect my throne; I'll sit on the Mount of Assembly in the far reaches of the north;

Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfNames Of GodSelf ExaltationGoing Up To HeavenRebellion of Satan and AngelsKarma

But you are brought down to join the dead, to the far reaches of the Pit.

Verse ConceptsPitsSheolGoing Down To The PitAbasing PeoplePits As A Term For Graves

Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard as far as Jahaz; therefore the loins of Moab cry aloud; its heart quakes for itself.