Lexicon :: Strong's H4801 - merḥāq

Though the LORD is exalted,

he takes note of the humble;

but he knows the haughty from a distance.

Good news from a distant land

is like cold water to a parched throat.[fn]

She is like the merchant ships,

bringing her food from far away.

Band together,[fn] peoples, and be broken;

pay attention, all you distant lands;

prepare for war, and be broken;

prepare for war, and be broken.

What will you do on the day of punishment

when devastation comes from far away?

Who will you run to for help?

Where will you leave your wealth?

They are coming from a distant land,

from the farthest horizon —

the LORD and the weapons of his wrath —

to destroy the whole country.[fn]

The nations rage like the rumble of a huge torrent.

He rebukes them, and they flee far away,

driven before the wind like chaff on the hills

and like tumbleweeds before a gale.

Look! The name of the LORD is coming from far away,

his anger burning and heavy with smoke.[fn]

His lips are full of fury,

and his tongue is like a consuming fire.

Your eyes will see the King in his beauty;

you will see a vast land.

“I call a bird of prey[fn] from the east,

a man for my purpose from a far country.

Yes, I have spoken; so I will also bring it about.

I have planned it; I will also do it.

Warn the nations: Look!

Proclaim to Jerusalem:

Those who besiege are coming

from a distant land;

they raise their voices

against the cities of Judah.

I am about to bring a nation

from far away against you,

house of Israel.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

It is an established nation,

an ancient nation,

a nation whose language you do not know

and whose speech you do not understand.

What use to me is frankincense from Sheba

or sweet cane from a distant land?

Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;

your sacrifices do not please me.

Listen ​— ​the cry of my dear people

from a faraway land,

“Is the LORD no longer in Zion,

her King not within her? ”

Why have they angered me

with their carved images,

with their worthless foreign idols?

Nations, hear the word of the LORD,

and tell it among the far off coasts and islands!

Say, “The one who scattered Israel will gather him.

He will watch over him as a shepherd guards his flock,

“In addition, they sent for men who came from far away when a messenger was dispatched to them. And look how they came! You bathed, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry for them.

Though I sow them among the nations,

they will remember me in the distant lands;

they and their children will live and return.