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1 When the Israelites escaped from Egypt— when the family of Jacob left that foreign land—
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When Israel came out of Egypt— when the house of Jacob came out from a people who spoke a different language—
2 the land of Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel became his kingdom.
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Judah was God's sanctuary; Israel was God's territory.
3 The Red Sea saw them coming and hurried out of their way! The water of the Jordan River turned away.
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The sea saw it happen and ran away; the Jordan River retreated!
4 The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs!
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The mountains leaped away like rams; the hills leaped away like lambs!
5 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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Sea, why did you run away? Jordan, why did you retreat?
6 Why, mountains, did you skip like rams? Why, hills, like lambs?
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Mountains, why did you leap away like rams? Hills, why did you leap away like lambs?
7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.
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Earth: Tremble before the Lord! Tremble before the God of Jacob,
8 He turned the rock into a pool of water; yes, a spring of water flowed from solid rock.
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the one who turned that rock into a pool of water, that flint stone into a spring of water!
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