Amos 9:7-15.
This week's haftorah foretells the exiles and punishments that will befall the Jews because they strayed after the ways of the heathens -- behavior that this week's Torah reading proscribes.
The prophet Amos delivers G‑d's message, reminding the people of G‑d's kindness to them -- taking them out of Egypt and singling them out as His chosen nation. Nevertheless, because of their misdeeds, . G‑d will destroy the Northern Kingdom of Israel; but will not completely destroy the house of Jacob. The Jews will be scattered amongst the nations, but eventually they will return to their land -- on the day of the redemption. G‑d will then reinstall the House of David to its former glory and there shall be peace and abundance upon the land.
The haftorah ends with G‑d's promise: "And I will return the captivity of My people Israel, and they shall rebuild desolate cities and inhabit [them], and they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their produce. And I will plant them on their land, and they shall no longer be uprooted from upon their land, that I have given them, said the L-rd your G-d."
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