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1 When Israel went forth out of Egypt,
The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
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2 Judah came to be for his Holy,
Israel his dominion.
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3 The sea saw it, and fled;
The Jordan was driven back.
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The sea – The time of anarchy in the close of this age. R1657:5
Jordan – Meaning "Judged down," "Condemned." Typifying the curse, which has rested for 6000 years against our race. R3086:4
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4 The mountains skipped like rams,
The little hills like lambs.
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5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest?
Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?
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6 Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams;
Ye little hills, like lambs?
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7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord,
At the presence of the God of Jacob,
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8 Who turned the rock into a pool of water,
The flint into a fountain of waters. |
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