The following is the standard Haftorah for this week's Torah reading. However, various calendar-based considerations occasionally cause different Haftorahs to be substituted for the standard ones.
Ezekiel
Chapter 28
| 25. So says the Lord God: When I gather in the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, and I have been sanctified through them in the eyes of the nations, then shall they dwell on their land that I gave to My servant, to Jacob. |
| 26. And they shall dwell upon it securely, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards and dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those who plunder them from all around them, and they shall know that I am the Lord their God." |
Chapter 29
| 1. In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], on the twelfth of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying: |
| 2. "Son of man! Set your face against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. |
| 3. Speak and you shall say; So says the Lord God: Behold I am upon you, O Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great crocodile that lies down in the midst of its rivers, who said, "My river is my own, and I made myself." |
| 4. And I will put hooks in your jaws and I will cause the fish of your rivers to fasten onto your scales, and I will drag you up out of the midst of your rivers and all the fish of your rivers shall stick to your scales. |
| 5. And I will scatter you in the desert, you and all the fish of your rivers; upon the open fields shall you fall-you shall not be brought home, nor gathered together; to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the air have I given you to be devoured. |
| 6. And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because they have been a prop of reeds to the house of Israel. |
| 7. When they took hold of you with the hand, you splintered and pierced the whole of their shoulders, and when they learned upon you, you broke, and you made all their loins stand upright. |
| 8. Therefore, so says the Lord God: Behold I will bring the sword over you, and I will cut off from you man and beast. |
| 9. And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and in ruins, and they shall know that I am the Lord! Because he said, "The river is mine, and I have made it." |
| 10. Therefore, behold I am against you and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt into ruins, ruins of desolation from Migdol till Syene and until the border of Ethiopia. |
| 11. No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited for forty years. |
| 12. And I will make the land of Egypt desolate even amongst the desolate lands, and its cities, a desolation even amongst cities in ruins, forty years. |
| 13. Yet thus has the Lord God said: At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they have been scattered. |
| 14. And I will return the captives of Egypt and will lead them to the land of Pathros, to the land of their habitation, and they shall be there an unimportant kingdom. |
| 15. It shall be the lowest of the kingdoms and shall no longer exalt itself above the nations, for I will diminish their numbers so that they shall not domineer over the nations. |
| 16. And it will no longer be confidence of the House of Israel, bringing iniquity into remembrance when they turn after them, and they shall know that I am the Lord God. |
| 17. And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year in the first [month], on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying: |
| 18. "Son of man! Nebuchadrezzar, the king of Babylon, made his army serve a great work against Tyre; every head became bald and every shoulder sore, yet he had no reward nor did his army out of Tyre for the service he had served against it. |
| 19. Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Behold I will give Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, the land of Egypt, and he shall carry away its multitude, pillage its spoils, and plunder its booty, and that shall be the reward for his army. |
| 20. For his labor wherewith he worked against it I have given him the land of Egypt, because of what they did to Me, says the Lord God. |
| 21. On that day will I cause the horn of the House of Israel to blossom out, and I will give you free speech in their midst, and they shall know that I am the Lord." |
Please note: These Haftorah texts follow Chabad custom. Other communities could possibly read more, less, or a different section of the Prophets altogether. Please consult with your rabbi.
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