The waters of the Jordan will be stopped in their course.
And stand still in one mass.
Then indeed did they lose all remorse.
All of Israel could cross in one great mass .

I have stood by the Jordan.
It is so narrow you could wade across.
It is not the river that stops us, but man.
O that we create these barriers to our loss.

If only we could learn to forgive a wrong.
Not seven times but seventy seven you say.
Now the journey from Jerusalem to Amman would not be long.
But wire barriers stand in the way.

One day peace that makes us one people will be met.
But sadly not yet.

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Forgive all our wrongs
Seventy times not seven
But first it needs peace

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See Joshua 3: 7-11,13-17