5They come from a distant land, from the end of the heavens, the LORD and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
This is a poetic way of referring to a distant place. The end of the heavens is where the sky and the earth meet. To Isaiah in Palestine, Persia was a very distant place.
5 They come from a distant land, from the end of the heavens, the LORD and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.