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.
Hosea
Chapter 11
| 7. And My people waver whether to return to Me, and to the matter concerning which they call them, together they do not uphold [it]. |
| 8. How shall I give you, Ephraim? [How] deliver you, O Israel? How shall I make you as Admah, make you as Zeboyim? My heart is turned within Me, together My remorse has been kindled. |
| 9. I will not execute the kindling of My anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim, for I am God and not a man. In your midst is the Holy One, and I will not enter a city. |
| 10. They shall follow the Lord, He shall roar like a lion; for He shall roar, and the children shall hasten from the west. |
| 11. They shall hasten like a bird from Egypt and like a dove from the land of Assyria; and I will place them in their houses, says the Lord. |
Chapter 12
| 1. Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit, but Judah still rules with God, and with the Holy One he is faithful. |
| 2. Ephraim joins the wind and chases the east wind; all day he increases deceit and plunder, and they make a treaty with Assyria, and oil is brought to Egypt. |
| 3. Now the Lord has a contention with Judah, and to visit upon Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds He shall recompense him. |
| 4. In the womb, he seized his brother's heel, and with his strength he strove with an angel. |
| 5. He strove with an angel and prevailed; he wept and beseeched him; In Bethel he shall find Him, and there He shall speak with us. |
| 6. And the Lord is the God of the hosts; the Lord is His Name. |
| 7. And you shall return by your God: keep loving-kindness and justice, and hope to your God always. |
| 8. A trafficker who has deceitful scales in his hand; he loves to oppress. |
| 9. And Ephraim said: Surely I have become rich; I have found power for myself; all my toils shall not suffice for my iniquity which is sin. |
| 10. And I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will yet make you dwell in tents as in the days of the [early] times. |
| 11. And I spoke to the prophets, and I increased their visions; and to the prophets I assumed likenesses. |
| 12. If there is violence in Gilead, it is because they were but vanity; in Gilgal they sacrificed oxen; also their altars were like heaps on the furrows of the field. |
| 13. And Jacob fled to the field of Aram; and Israel worked for a wife, and for a wife he guarded. |
| 14. And, through a prophet, the Lord brought up Israel from Egypt, and through a prophet they were guarded. |
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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