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| 1 When Israel came forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from among a people of strange tongue, |
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| 2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his realm: |
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| 3 The sea, beheld, and fled, The Jordan, turned back; |
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, started like rams, The hills like the young of the flock? |
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| 5 What aileth thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, that thou turnest back? |
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| 6 Ye mountains, that ye start like rams? Ye hills, like the young of the flock? |
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| 7 Before the Lord, be in anguish, O earth, Before the GOD of Jacob: |
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| 8 Who turneth The Rock into a pool of water, The Flint into springs of water. |
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