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When the Israelites escaped from Egypt -
when the family of Jacob left that foreign land -
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the land of Judah became God’s sanctuary,
and Israel became his kingdom.
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The Red Sea 1 saw them coming and hurried out of their way!
The water of the Jordan River turned away.
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The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills like lambs!
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What’s wrong, Red Sea, that made you hurry out of their way?
What happened, Jordan River, that you turned away?
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Why, mountains, did you skip like rams?
Why, hills, like lambs?
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Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob.
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He turned the rock into a pool of water;
yes, a spring of water flowed from solid rock.