HAFTARAH FOR PARSHAS SHEMOS

Ashkenaz
(Yeshayah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-29:23)

Sefarad
(Yirmeyah 1:1-2:3)

Teimani
(Yechezkel 16:1-16:14)


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Yeshayah 27:6-28:13

כז:ו   הַבָּאִים יַשְׁרֵשׁ יַעֲקֹב, יָצִיץ וּפָרַח יִשְׂרָאֵל; וּמָלְאוּ פְנֵי-תֵבֵל, תְּנוּבָה. 27:6 In days to come shall Jacob take root, Israel shall blossom and bud; and the face of the world shall be filled with fruitage.
ז   הַכְּמַכַּת מַכֵּהוּ, הִכָּהוּ:  אִם-כְּהֶרֶג הֲרֻגָיו, הֹרָג.7 Hath He smitten him as He smote those that smote him? Or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by Him?
ח   בְּסַאסְּאָה, בְּשַׁלְחָהּ תְּרִיבֶנָּה; הָגָה בְּרוּחוֹ הַקָּשָׁה, בְּיוֹם קָדִים.8 In full measure, when Thou sendest her away, Thou dost contend with her; He hath removed her with His rough blast in the day of the east wind.
ט   לָכֵן, בְּזֹאת יְכֻפַּר עֲון-יַעֲקֹב, וְזֶה, כָּל-פְּרִי הָסִר חַטָּאתוֹ:  בְּשׂוּמוֹ כָּל-אַבְנֵי מִזְבֵּחַ, כְּאַבְנֵי-גִר מְנֻפָּצוֹת, לֹא-יָקֻמוּ אֲשֵׁרִים, וְחַמָּנִים.9 Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be expiated, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in pieces, so that the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.
י   כִּי עִיר בְּצוּרָה, בָּדָד, נָוֶה, מְשֻׁלָּח וְנֶעֱזָב כַּמִּדְבָּר; שָׁם יִרְעֶה עֵגֶל וְשָׁם יִרְבָּץ, וְכִלָּה סְעִפֶיהָ.10 For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation abandoned and forsaken, like the wilderness; there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
יא   בִּיבֹשׁ קְצִירָהּ, תִּשָּׁבַרְנָה, נָשִׁים, בָּאוֹת מְאִירוֹת אוֹתָהּ:  כִּי לֹא עַם-בִּינוֹת, הוּא--עַל-כֵּן לֹא-יְרַחֲמֶנּוּ עֹשֵׂהוּ, וְיֹצְרוֹ לֹא יְחֻנֶּנּוּ. 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding; therefore He that made them will not have compassion upon them, and He that formed them will not be gracious unto them.
יב   וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא, יַחְבֹּט יקוק מִשִּׁבֹּלֶת הַנָּהָר עַד-נַחַל מִצְרָיִם; וְאַתֶּם תְּלֻקְּטוּ לְאַחַד אֶחָד, בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. 12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD will beat off [His fruit] from the flood of the River unto the Brook of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
יג   וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא, יִתָּקַע בְּשׁוֹפָר גָּדוֹל, וּבָאוּ הָאֹבְדִים בְּאֶרֶץ אַשּׁוּר, וְהַנִּדָּחִים בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם; וְהִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַיקוק בְּהַר הַקֹּדֶשׁ, בִּירוּשָׁלִָם. 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great horn shall be blown; and they shall come that were lost in the land of Assyria, and they that were dispersed in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship the LORD in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
כח:א   הוֹי, עֲטֶרֶת גֵּאוּת שִׁכֹּרֵי אֶפְרַיִם, וְצִיץ נֹבֵל, צְבִי תִפְאַרְתּוֹ--אֲשֶׁר עַל-רֹאשׁ גֵּיא-שְׁמָנִים, הֲלוּמֵי יָיִן.28:1 Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are smitten down with wine!
ב   הִנֵּה חָזָק וְאַמִּץ לַא-דני, כְּזֶרֶם בָּרָד שַׂעַר קָטֶב; כְּזֶרֶם מַיִם כַּבִּירִים שֹׁטְפִים, הִנִּיחַ לָאָרֶץ--בְּיָד.2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, as a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction, as a storm of mighty waters overflowing, that casteth down to the earth with violence.
ג   בְּרַגְלַיִם, תֵּרָמַסְנָה; עֲטֶרֶת גֵּאוּת, שִׁכּוֹרֵי אֶפְרָיִם.3 The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot;
ד   וְהָיְתָה צִיצַת נֹבֵל, צְבִי תִפְאַרְתּוֹ, אֲשֶׁר עַל-רֹאשׁ, גֵּיא שְׁמָנִים--כְּבִכּוּרָהּ, בְּטֶרֶם קַיִץ, אֲשֶׁר יִרְאֶה הָרֹאֶה אוֹתָהּ, בְּעוֹדָהּ בְּכַפּוֹ יִבְלָעֶנָּה. 4 And the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer, which when one looketh upon it, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
ה   בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא, יִהְיֶה יקוק צְבָאוֹת, לַעֲטֶרֶת צְבִי, וְלִצְפִירַת תִּפְאָרָה--לִשְׁאָר, עַמּוֹ.5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of His people;
ו   וּלְרוּחַ, מִשְׁפָּט--לַיּוֹשֵׁב, עַל-הַמִּשְׁפָּט, וְלִגְבוּרָה, מְשִׁיבֵי מִלְחָמָה שָׁעְרָה. 6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn back the battle at the gate.
ז   וְגַם-אֵלֶּה בַּיַּיִן שָׁגוּ, וּבַשֵּׁכָר תָּעוּ:  כֹּהֵן וְנָבִיא שָׁגוּ בַשֵּׁכָר נִבְלְעוּ מִן-הַיַּיִן, תָּעוּ מִן-הַשֵּׁכָר, שָׁגוּ בָּרֹאֶה, פָּקוּ פְּלִילִיָּה.7 But these also reel through wine, and stagger through strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel through strong drink, they are confused because of wine, they stagger because of strong drink; they reel in vision, they totter in judgment.
ח   כִּי כָּל-שֻׁלְחָנוֹת, מָלְאוּ קִיא צֹאָה, בְּלִי, מָקוֹם. 8 For all tables are full of filthy vomit, and no place is clean.
ט   אֶת-מִי יוֹרֶה דֵעָה, וְאֶת-מִי יָבִין שְׁמוּעָה--גְּמוּלֵי, מֵחָלָב, עַתִּיקֵי, מִשָּׁדָיִם.9 Whom shall one teach knowledge? And whom shall one make to understand the message? Them that are weaned from the milk, them that are drawn from the breasts?
י   כִּי צַו לָצָו צַו לָצָו, קַו לָקָו קַו לָקָו--זְעֵיר שָׁם, זְעֵיר שָׁם.10 For it is precept by precept, precept by precept, line by line, line by line; here a little, there a little.
יא   כִּי בְּלַעֲגֵי שָׂפָה, וּבְלָשׁוֹן אַחֶרֶת, יְדַבֵּר, אֶל-הָעָם הַזֶּה.11 For with stammering lips and with a strange tongue shall it be spoken to this people;
יב   אֲשֶׁר אָמַר אֲלֵיהֶם, זֹאת הַמְּנוּחָה הָנִיחוּ לֶעָיֵף, וְזֹאת, הַמַּרְגֵּעָה; וְלֹא אָבוּא, שְׁמוֹעַ.12 To whom it was said: 'This is the rest, give ye rest to the weary; and this is the refreshing'; yet they would not hear.
יג   וְהָיָה לָהֶם דְּבַר-יקוק, צַו לָצָו צַו לָצָו קַו לָקָו קַו לָקָו, זְעֵיר שָׁם, זְעֵיר שָׁם--לְמַעַן יֵלְכוּ וְכָשְׁלוּ אָחוֹר, וְנִשְׁבָּרוּ, וְנוֹקְשׁוּ, וְנִלְכָּדוּ. 13 And so the word of the LORD is unto them precept by precept, precept by precept, line by line, line by line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

Yeshayah 29:22-29:23

כט:כב   לָכֵן, כֹּה-אָמַר יקוק אֶל-בֵּית יַעֲקֹב, אֲשֶׁר פָּדָה, אֶת-אַבְרָהָם:  לֹא-עַתָּה יֵבוֹשׁ יַעֲקֹב, וְלֹא עַתָּה פָּנָיו יֶחֱוָרוּ.29:22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale;
כג   כִּי בִרְאֹתוֹ יְלָדָיו מַעֲשֵׂה יָדַי, בְּקִרְבּוֹ--יַקְדִּישׁוּ שְׁמִי; וְהִקְדִּישׁוּ אֶת-קְדוֹשׁ יַעֲקֹב, וְאֶת-א-לקי יִשְׂרָאֵל יַעֲרִיצוּ.23 When he seeth his children, the work of My hands, in the midst of him, that they sanctify My name; yea, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel.
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