Kurt Weill
Act II, Moses, Scene 22: Moses Addresses the People
[MOSES]
Hold, hold! Joshua!
The doom has been sealed
Thy eyes shall see the land of my promise
[Addressing ISRAELITES.]
God showed His glory uncovered before you
His accents eternal came down to your ears
But ye blasphemed Him, and were rebellious
Were disobedient and lacking in faith
And therefore the Lord has ordained that ye wander
Till this generation has all passed away
Only your children shall know the fulfillment
They shall cross ovеr and enter proudly
The land I havе sworn to give to their seed
And out of all those who are grown to manhood
Joshua only shall be with them
None other, none other
And those who released you from bondage
They shall not set foot in the country
Not Aaron, not Miriam
And I, not I, even I
[RABBI]
And Moses uttered the words of God to the people
And they mourned over their sins
And Moses was a tormented man
More than any other man living
And these are all the places through which they wandered in the desert
From the mountain of Zether wandering out they camped in Hareda
[ISRAELITES]
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