raw-khoke'
or rachoq {raw-khoke'}; from 7368; remote, literally or
figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often
used adverbially (with preposition):--(a-)far (abroad, off),
long ago, of old, space, great while to come.
see Hebrew for [07368]
And he will lift up [05375] an ensign [05251] to the nations [01471] from far [07350], and will hiss [08319] unto them from the end [07097] of the earth [0776]: and, behold, they shall come [0935] with speed [04120] swiftly [07031]:
All thy rulers [07101] are fled [05074] together [03162], they are bound [0631] by the archers [07198]: all that are found [04672] in thee are bound [0631] together [03162], which have fled [01272] from far [07350].by…: Heb. of the bow
Ye made [06213] also a ditch [04724] between the two walls [02346] for the water [04325] of the old [03465] pool [01295]: but ye have not looked [05027] unto the maker [06213] thereof, neither had respect [07200] unto him that fashioned [03335] it long ago [07350].
Is this your joyous [05947] city, whose antiquity [06927] is of ancient [06924] days [03117]? her own feet [07272] shall carry [02986] her afar off [07350] to sojourn [01481].afar…: Heb. from afar off
O Lord [03068], thou art my God [0430]; I will exalt [07311] thee, I will praise [03034] thy name [08034]; for thou hast done [06213] wonderful [06382] things; thy counsels [06098] of old [07350] are faithfulness [0530] and truth [0544].
Hear [08085], ye that are far off [07350], what I have done [06213]; and, ye that are near [07138], acknowledge [03045] my might [01369].
Hast thou not heard [08085] long ago [07350], how I have done [06213] it; and of ancient [06924] times [03117], that I have formed [03335] it? now have I brought [0935] it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste [07582] defenced [01219] cities [05892] into ruinous [05327] heaps [01530].Hast…: or, Hast thou not heard how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and defenced cities to be ruinous heaps?
Then came [0935] Isaiah [03470] the prophet [05030] unto king [04428] Hezekiah [02396], and said [0559] unto him, What said [0559] these men [0582]? and from whence [0370] came [0935] they unto thee? And Hezekiah [02396] said [0559], They are come [0935] from a far [07350] country [0776] unto me, even from Babylon [0894].
I will say [0559] to the north [06828], Give up [05414]; and to the south [08486], Keep not back [03607]: bring [0935] my sons [01121] from far [07350], and my daughters [01323] from the ends [07097] of the earth [0776];
Hearken [08085] unto me, ye stouthearted [03820] [047], that are far from [07350] righteousness [06666]:
Listen [08085], O isles [0339], unto me; and hearken [07181], ye people [03816], from far [07350]; The Lord [03068] hath called [07121] me from the womb [0990]; from the bowels [04578] of my mother [0517] hath he made mention [02142] of my name [08034].
Behold, these shall come [0935] from far [07350]: and, lo, these from the north [06828] and from the west [03220]; and these from the land [0776] of Sinim [05515].
And thou wentest [07788] to the king [04428] with ointment [08081], and didst increase [07235] thy perfumes [07547], and didst send [07971] thy messengers [06735] far off [07350], and didst debase [08213] thyself even unto hell [07585].thou…: or, thou respectedst
I create [01254] the fruit [05108] of the lips [08193]; Peace [07965], peace [07965] to him that is far off [07350], and to him that is near [07138], saith [0559] the Lord [03068]; and I will heal [07495] him.
And judgment [04941] is turned away [05253] backward [0268], and justice [06666] standeth [05975] afar off [07350]: for truth [0571] is fallen [03782] in the street [07339], and equity [05229] cannot [03201] enter [0935].
Lift up [05375] thine eyes [05869] round about [05439], and see [07200]: all they gather themselves together [06908], they come [0935] to thee: thy sons [01121] shall come [0935] from far [07350], and thy daughters [01323] shall be nursed [0539] at thy side [06654].
Surely the isles [0339] shall wait [06960] for me, and the ships [0591] of Tarshish [08659] first [07223], to bring [0935] thy sons [01121] from far [07350], their silver [03701] and their gold [02091] with them, unto the name [08034] of the Lord [03068] thy God [0430], and to the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478], because he hath glorified [06286] thee.
And I will set [07760] a sign [0226] among them, and I will send [07971] those that escape [06412] of them unto the nations [01471], to Tarshish [08659], Pul [06322], and Lud [03865], that draw [04900] the bow [07198], to Tubal [08422], and Javan [03120], to the isles [0339] afar off [07350], that have not heard [08085] my fame [08088], neither have seen [07200] my glory [03519]; and they shall declare [05046] my glory [03519] among the Gentiles [01471].