Isaiah 5:26
5:26 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.
Isaiah 30:27-28
30:27 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.
30:28 His battle cry overwhelms like a flooding river
that reaches one’s neck.
He shakes the nations in a sieve that isolates the chaff;
he puts a bit into the mouth of the nations and leads them to destruction.
Isaiah 39:3
39:3 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.”
Isaiah 39:6-7
39:6 ‘Look, a time is coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors
have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the
Lord.
39:7 ‘Some of your very own descendants whom you father
will be taken away and will be made eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”
Deuteronomy 28:49
28:49 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,