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 20
| 2. Then came the word of the Lord to me, saying: |
| 3. "Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them: So says the Lord God, Have you come to inquire of Me? As true as I live, I will not be inquired of by you! says the Lord God. |
| 4. Will you contend with them? Will you contend, O son of man? Let them know the abominations of their fathers. |
| 5. And you shall say to them: So says the Lord God, On the day I chose Israel, then I lifted up My hand to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up My hand to them, saying: I am the Lord your God. |
| 6. On that day I lifted up My hand to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt, to a land that I had sought out for them, flowing with milk and honey; it is the glory of all the lands. |
| 7. And I said to them: Every man cast away the despicable idols from before his eyes, and pollute not yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God. |
| 8. But they rebelled against Me and would not consent to hearken to Me; they did not cast away, every man, the despicable idols from before their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt; and I said to pour out My wrath over them, to give My anger full rein over them, in the midst of the land of Egypt. |
| 9. But I wrought for the sake of My Name so that it should not be desecrated before the eyes of the nations in whose midst they were, before whose eyes I made Myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. |
| 10. And I brought them out of the land of Egypt, and I brought them into the wilderness. |
| 11. And I gave them My statutes, and My ordinances I made known to them, which, if a man perform, he shall live through them. |
| 12. Moreover, I gave them My Sabbaths to be for a sign between Me and them, to know that I, the Lord, make them holy. |
| 13. But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they walked not in My statutes, and they despised My ordinances, which, if a man keep, he will live through them, and My Sabbaths they desecrated exceedingly. Then I said to pour out My wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make an end to them. |
| 14. And I wrought for the sake of My Name, so it should not be desecrated before the eyes of the nations before whose eyes I had brought them out. |
| 15. But I also lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey; it is the glory of all lands. |
| 16. Because they despised My ordinances, and in My statutes they did not walk, and My Sabbaths they desecrated- for their heart went constantly after their idols. |
| 17. Nevertheless, My eye looked pityingly upon them, not to destroy them, and I did not make an end to them in the wilderness. |
| 18. But I said to their children in the wilderness: 'In the statutes of your fathers do not walk and do not observe their ordinances, and do not defile yourselves with their idols. |
| 19. I am the Lord your God: walk in My statutes, and keep My ordinances and fulfill them. |
| 20. And keep My Sabbaths holy so that they be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.' |
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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