'Far off' in the Bible
The far-off by pestilence dieth, And the near by sword falleth, And the left and the besieged by famine dieth, And I have completed my fury upon them.
And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, art thou seeing what they are doing? the great abominations that the house of Israel are doing here, to keep far off from My sanctuary; and again thou dost turn, thou dost see great abominations.'
Son of man, thy brethren, thy brethren, men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel -- all of it, are they to whom inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Keep far off from Jehovah;
Son of man, lo, the house of Israel are saying, The vision that he is seeing is for many days, and of times far off he is prophesying,
The near and the far-off from thee scoff at thee, O defiled of name -- abounding in trouble.
Now do they put far off their whoredom, And the carcases of their kings -- from Me, And I have dwelt in their midst to the age.
but -- the Levites who have gone far off from me, in the wandering of Israel when they went astray from Me after their idols, and they have borne their iniquity.