Leader:
When Israel came forth out of Egypt,
The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

Company:
Judah became His sanctuary,
Israel His dominion.

Leader:
The sea saw it, and fled;
The Jordan turned backward.

Company:
The mountains skipped like rams,
The hills like young sheep,

Leader:
What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest?
Thou Jordan, that thou turnest backward?

Company:
Ye mountains that ye skip like rams;
Ye hills, like young sheep?

Leader:
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord,
At the presence of the God of Jacob;

Company:
Who turned the rock into a pool of water,
The flint into a fountain of waters.

 


haggadah Section: Commentary / Readings
Source: The Union Haggadah, ed. by The Central Council of American Rabbis, at sacred-texts.com