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.
Zechariah
Chapter 2
| 14. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for, behold! I will come and dwell in your midst, says the Lord. |
| 15. And many nations shall join the Lord on that day, and they shall be My people; and I will dwell in your midst and you shall know that the Lord of Hosts sent me to you. |
| 16. And the Lord shall inherit Judah as His share on the Holy Land, and He shall again choose Jerusalem. |
| 17. Silence all flesh from before the Lord, for He is aroused out of His holy habitation. |
Chapter 3
| 1. And He showed me Joshua, the High Priest, standing before the angel of the Lord. And Satan was standing on his right, to accuse him. |
| 2. And the Lord said to Satan: The Lord shall rebuke you, O Satan; and the Lord shall rebuke you, He who chose Jerusalem. Is this one not a brand plucked from fire? |
| 3. Now Joshua was wearing filthy garments and standing before the angel. |
| 4. And he [the angel] raised his voice and said to those standing before him, saying, "Take the filthy garments off him." And he said to him, "See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I have clad you with clean garments." |
| 5. And I said, "Let them put a pure miter on his head," and they put the pure miter on his head. And they had clothed him with garments while the angel of the Lord was standing. |
| 6. And the angel of the Lord warned Joshua, saying, |
| 7. So said the Lord of Hosts: If you walk in My ways, and if you keep My charge, you, too, shall judge My house, and you, too, shall guard My courtyards, and I will give you free access among these who stand by. |
| 8. Hearken, now, O Joshua the High Priest-you and your companions who sit before you, for they are men worthy of a miracle-for, behold! I bring My servant, the Shoot. |
| 9. For, behold the stone that I have placed before Joshua. Seven eyes are directed to one stone. Behold! I untie its knots, says the Lord of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. |
| 10. On that day, says the Lord of Hosts, you shall call-each man to his neighbor-to come under his vine and under his fig tree. |
Chapter 4
| 1. And the angel who spoke with me returned, and he awakened me as a man who wakes up from his sleep. |
| 2. And he said to me, "What do you see?" And I said, "I saw, and behold [there was] a candelabrum all of gold, with its oil-bowl on top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; seven tubes each to the lamps that were on top of it. |
| 3. And [there were] two olive trees near it; one on the right of the bowl, and one on its left. |
| 4. So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?" |
| 5. And the angel who spoke with me answered, and he said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord." |
| 6. And he answered and spoke to me, saying, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying: 'Not by military force and not by physical strength, but by My spirit,' says the Lord of Hosts. |
| 7. Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you sink to a plain! He will bring out the stone of the main architect, with shouts of grace, grace to it." |
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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