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Yet this was very insignificant in Your eyes, O Lord God, for You have spoken also of Your servant’s house (royal dynasty) in the distant future. And this is the law and custom of man, O Lord God.

Verse ConceptsFutureRevelation Of The FutureMan's Relation To God

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and all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the distant sea,

"Take note, son of man, the house of Israel is saying, 'The vision that he sees is for distant days; he is prophesying about the far future.'

Verse ConceptsProphetic VisionsRevelation Of The Future


‘Through your messengers you have taunted and defied the Lord,
And have said [boastfully], “With my many chariots
I came up to the heights of the mountains,
To the remotest parts of Lebanon;
I cut down its tall cedar trees and its choicest cypress trees.
I entered its most distant lodging, its densest forest.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of ConfidenceClimbingChariotsCedarWorldly Ambition ExamplesFalse Confidence, Examples OfFelling Trees

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

Now the way may be distant from you, so that you are unable to transport your tithe because you have been blessed by the LORD your God and the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish his name may be distant from you.

Verse ConceptsFar From HereTithes And OfferingMoney Blessingsdistancefriendliness

Then arose the men of Israel and Judah, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, as far as the entrance into Gath, and as far as the gates of Ekron, - and the slain of the Philistines fell in the way to the two gates, even as far as Gath and as far as Ekron.

Verse ConceptsGatesRoadsTribes Of Israel

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

Do not be so distant from me, for trouble is at hand; indeed, there is no deliverer.

Verse ConceptsHelpfulnessRescueNo Help

Now the next generation, your children who come after you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land, when they see the plagues of this land and the diseases with which the Lord has afflicted it, will say,

Verse ConceptsForeignersGenerationsPeople From Far Away

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

Yet its voice echoes throughout the earth; its words carry to the distant horizon. In the sky he has pitched a tent for the sun.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Necessity OfThe SunTentsGod's Call, EveryoneSun Moon And Stars Before GodThe Gospel WorldwideGoing Through the MotionsThe End Of The World

It emerges from the distant horizon, and goes from one end of the sky to the other; nothing can escape its heat.

Verse ConceptsHeatCirclesHot WeatherThings ManifestThe End Of The WorldSunGoing To HeavenSunshineThe Moonenergyhiding

The Lord will raise up a distant nation against you, one from the other side of the earth as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand,

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesWingsEaglesNot Understanding LanguageUnknown LanguagesPeople From Far AwayLanguage


“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

Even if your exiles are in the most distant land, from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back.

Verse ConceptsGathering Israel

Though I sow them among the nations, in the distant places they will remember me, and they will stay alive with their children, and they will return.

Verse ConceptsRemnantGod Scattering IsraelReturning to their landFar From HereLiving OnBelievers Remembering God

it's you, your majesty! You've become great and strong, your greatness has grown to the heavens, and your dominion reaches to the distant parts of the earth.

Verse ConceptsStrong IndividualsThe Kingdom Of Others

Does the snow ever completely vanish from the rocky slopes of Lebanon? Do the cool waters from those distant mountains ever cease to flow?

Verse ConceptsSnowCold, Figurative UseAbandoning Things

The Lord who rules over all says, 'Disaster will soon come on one nation after another. A mighty storm of military destruction is rising up from the distant parts of the earth.'

Verse ConceptsStormsWhirlwindsPeople Possibly Doing EvilThe Storms Of Life

The vision about the twilights and dawnings that has been related is trustworthy, but keep its vision secret, because it pertains to the distant future.'

Verse ConceptsPredictionsSealsRevelation Of The FutureSealing The MessageVisions From GodGod's Word Is True

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

Joshua told all the people, "Here is what the Lord God of Israel says: 'In the distant past your ancestors lived beyond the Euphrates River, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped other gods,

Verse ConceptsPast, TheHistory Of NationsDifferent GodsServing One's Own GodsBeyond The EuphratesSpecial Revelation

“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If any one of you or of your generations becomes unclean because of a dead person, or is on a distant journey, he may, however, observe the Passover to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsJourneyRules About Corpses

Then I will reply, 'I will bring them back from the land of the north. I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth. Blind and lame people will come with them, so will pregnant women and women about to give birth. A vast throng of people will come back here.

Verse ConceptsCripplesdisabilitiesLamenessGathering IsraelReturn From The NorthBirthHarming Pregnant WomenMotherhood

They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land. Please make a treaty with us.”

Verse ConceptsNegotiationAllegiancesPeople From Far Away

Look, I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness. (Selah)

Verse ConceptsSolitudeLiving In The WildernessFar From HerePsalm Interjections


‘Fear not, O Jacob My servant,’ says the Lord,
‘Nor be dismayed or downcast, O Israel;
For behold, I will save you from a distant land [of exile]
And your descendants from the land of their captivity.
Jacob will return and will be quiet and at ease,
And no one will make him afraid.

Verse ConceptsdiscouragementPeace, Human Destruction OfServants Of The LordGod's Help In DiscouragementPromise of returnGood Things From Far Away

Don't forsake me, LORD. My God, do not be so distant from me.

Verse ConceptsDo Not Forsake Us!God Far Away

God, do not be distant from me. My God, come quickly to help me.

Verse ConceptsGod Far AwayGod Help!Hurrying Others On

May the kings of Tarshish and of distant shores bring gifts, and may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer tribute.

Verse ConceptsGiftsGiving To OthersTaxationProphecies Concerning ChristIdentity

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

For what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba
And the sweet cane from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable
And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me.”

Verse ConceptsPlantsTradeCommerceDelicaciesSweetnessFragranceGood Things From Far AwayNot Pleasing God

Behold, listen! The cry of the daughter of my people from a distant land:
“Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King not within her?”
“Why have they provoked Me with their graven images, with foreign idols?”

Verse ConceptsProvoking GodGod Opposes IdolatryPeople From Far Away

“Is not God in the height of heaven?
Look also at the distant stars, how high they are!

Verse ConceptsAstronomyGod On HighThings On High

You know when I rest and when I am active. You understand what I am thinking when I am distant from you.

Verse ConceptsGod, Wisdom OfImagination, Inward DesiresMan's ThoughtsGod Far AwayRisingThoughts

"Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation.

Verse ConceptsForeigners

He will arbitrate between many peoples and settle disputes between many distant nations. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not use weapons against other nations, and they will no longer train for war.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgePruningDisarmamentSpearsToolsWarfare, Nature OfWeaponsAmbivalenceCutting Off BranchesTilling The SoilFruitless LearningFar From HereGod Makes PeaceGod Saves From Sin And Death

He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord's strength, by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored even in the distant regions of the earth.

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdGod, Majesty OfGod, The LordChrist, The ShepherdGod Giving StrengthChrist's Own GloryGod Establishes UsGod Gives StrengthIn God's NameTaking Care Of The Earth

The Lord will terrify them, for he will weaken all the gods of the earth. All the distant nations will worship the Lord in their own lands.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In ChristCoastlandsBowing Before GodShortagesGod Is To Be FearedNo Help In Other Gods

One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

Verse ConceptsTwo Parts Of Constructions

When they sin against You—
for there is no one who does not sin
and You are angry with them
and hand them over to the enemy,
and their captors deport them to the enemy’s country
whether distant or nearby—

Verse Conceptsethics, and graceImperfection, Influence OfSin, Universality OfSinnersWeights And Measures, DistancesAll Have SinnedWill God Be Angry?Missing The Mark

I will [in the distant future] overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the [ungodly] nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and those who ride in them, and the horses and their riders will go down, every one by the sword of his brother [annihilating one another].

Verse ConceptsChariotsBackKingdomsUnreliabilityRiding HorsesDestroying ChariotsDeposingKilling One Another

Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him, "What did these men say? Where do they come from?" Hezekiah replied, "They come from the distant land of Babylon."

Verse ConceptsPeople From Far AwayWhere From?

He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza [the most distant city] and its borders, from the [isolated] lookout tower to the [populous] fortified city.

Verse ConceptsMan Keeping Watch

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

"Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your great reputation and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds; they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfForeignersArmsHand Of GodStrangers in israelAliens

This was a little thing to You, God, for You have spoken about Your servant’s house in the distant future. You regard me as a man of distinction, Lord God.

Verse ConceptsFuture

By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation, thou confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of the distant regions of the sea. ...

Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forGod, Righteousness OfGod AnsweredGod Doing RightDoing RightBelief In GodGod My Salvation

"Tell the nations, "Here they come!' Proclaim to Jerusalem, "The besieging forces are coming from a distant land. They cry out against the cities of Judah.

Verse ConceptsVoicesAttacks On Jerusalem ForetoldPeople From Far AwayTelling Of MovementsNations Attacking Israel

Also I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a distant nation,” for the Lord has spoken.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesChildren SufferingFar From Here

When they sin against You—
for there is no one who does not sin
and You are angry with them
and hand them over to the enemy,
and their captors deport them
to a distant or nearby country,

Verse ConceptsImperfection, Influence OfSelf Righteousness, And The GospelSin, Universality OfWeights And Measures, Distances

He made skillfully designed devices in Jerusalem to shoot arrows and catapult large stones for use on the towers and on the corners. So his fame spread even to distant places, for he was marvelously helped until he became strong.

Verse ConceptsFameIntelligenceStonesInventionsArrowsSports

Nations, listen to this message from the LORD, and declare it in the distant coastlands. Say, "The one who scattered Israel will gather him and keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock."

Verse ConceptsGod, As Shepherddispersion, theIslandsPeople Of God, In OtShepherds, As Kings And LeadersShepherds, As OccupationsChrist And His SheepGathering Israel

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

"As for you, my servant Jacob, don't be afraid, and Israel, don't be dismayed. For I'll deliver you from a distant place, and your descendants from the land of their captivity. Jacob will return. He will be undisturbed and secure, and no one will cause him to fear.

Verse ConceptsPeace, Human Destruction OfPromise of returnGod Saves The NeedyDo Not Fear For God Will Help

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

Indeed, ask about the distant past, starting from the day God created humankind on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether there has ever been such a great thing as this, or even a rumor of it.

Verse ConceptsCreation Of All MankindMan's Relation To GodEnd Of Days

Come against her from the most distant places.
Open her granaries;
pile her up like mounds of grain
and completely destroy her.
Leave her no survivors.

Verse ConceptsBabylonGrainDestruction Of BabylonPeople Destroying Foreign Nationsborders

They told him, "Your subjects have come from a very distant land because of the reputation of the Lord your God, for we have heard the news about all he did in Egypt

Verse ConceptsFamePeople From Far Away

Their horses are swifter than leopards
and more fierce than wolves of the night.
Their horsemen charge ahead;
their horsemen come from distant lands.
They fly like an eagle, swooping to devour.

Verse ConceptsHorsesLeopardWingsBirds, Types Of BirdsRiding HorsesSpeedEaglesWolvesPeople From Far AwayThose Flying

But you, O Yahweh, do not remain distant. O my help, hasten to help me.

Verse ConceptsGod Help!Hurrying Others On

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!

Do this to all the cities that are distant from you that is, to those cities that are not in neighboring nations."

Verse ConceptsFar From Here

"If the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish his name is distant from you, then you may slaughter from your herd and your flock what the LORD has provided for you, as he instructed you. You may consume them in your cities as much as you please.

Verse ConceptsFar From HereA Place For God's Name

And the distant ones shall come and build in the temple of Jehovah, and you shall know that Jehovah of Hosts has sent me to you. And this shall be, if you will carefully obey the voice of Jehovah your God.

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GoddiligenceDiligence, Examples OfWeights And Measures, DistancesThe Perfect TempleGod Sending ProphetsPeople From Far AwayRebuilding The Temple

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeceit Leading to JudgmentHell, As An ExperienceLiesPitsLiarsThe Fate Of The WickedAbasing PeopleHalf Of ThingsPits As A Term For Graves

{What is worse}, they sent for men {who come} from a distant place, [to] whom a messenger [was] sent to them, and look! They came! [Men] for whom you bathed and painted your eyes, and you adorned yourself [with] an ornament.

Verse ConceptsBathing, For RefreshmentOrnamentsCosmeticsEyes Cared ForWearing Jewellerycatsjewelrymakeup

For dangerous are her wounds, - for she hath come as far as Judah, she hath reached as far as the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesDisfigurement Of SinNo Healing

We threw them down;
Heshbon has been destroyed as far as Dibon.
We caused desolation as far as Nophah,
which reaches as far as Medeba.

And Yahweh delivered them up into the hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them as far as great Zidon, and as far as Misrephoth-maim, and as far as the valley of Mizpeh, eastward, - yea they smote them until they left them not a survivor.

Verse ConceptsConquestNo SurvivorsExterminationThose God Gave Into Their Hands

and toward the Arabah as far as the Sea of Galilee to the east, as far as the Arabah Sea (that is, the Dead Sea) to the east as one travels in the direction of Beth-jeshimoth, and to the south as far as the foothills of Pisgah.

Verse ConceptsSalt

Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach, and Megiddo, - and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean as far as Abel-meholah, as far as over against Jokmeam;

Now Joshua was old and advanced in years, and the Lord said to him, “You have grown old and advanced in years, and very substantial portions of the land remain to be possessed.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftInfirmitiesGradual Conquest Of The Land

After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, official of half the district of Beth-zur, made repairs as far as a point opposite the tombs of David, and as far as the artificial pool and the house of the mighty men.

Verse ConceptsTombsHalf Of Districtsheroes

After him Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah as far as the Angle and as far as the corner.

Verse ConceptsThe Angle

After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, carried out repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and of the merchants, in front of the Inspection Gate and as far as the upper room of the corner.

Verse ConceptsNamed GatesTemple Assistants

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

I will weep for the grapevines of Sibmah just like the town of Jazer weeps over them. Their branches once spread as far as the Dead Sea. They reached as far as the town of Jazer. The destroyer will ravage her fig, date, and grape crops.

Verse ConceptsGrapesVinesSummerVintageSummer Fruit

Cries of anguish raised from Heshbon and Elealeh will be sounded as far as Jahaz. They will be sounded from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah. For even the waters of Nimrim will be dried up.

Verse Conceptsdryness

When Gideon’s men blew the three hundred trumpets, the Lord set the sword of one [Midianite] against another even throughout the whole army; and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.

Verse ConceptsChaosThree To Four HundredTrumpets For BattleThree Hundred And AboveKilling One Another

Then Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of [the tribe of] Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites and take [control of] the waters before them [thereby cutting off the Midianites], as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan [River].” So all the men of Ephraim were assembled together and they took control of the waters, as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.