Haftorah Vayeshev
Amos 2:6-3:8
2:6 Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; 2:7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the humble; and a man and his father go unto the same maid, to profane My holy name; 2:8 And they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and in the house of their God they drink the wine of them that have been fined. 2:9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. 2:10 Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorites. 2:11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD. 2:12 But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying: 'Prophesy not.' 2:13 Behold, I will make it creak under you, as a cart creaketh that is full of sheaves. 2:14 And flight shall fail the swift, and the strong shall not exert his strength, neither shall the mighty deliver himself; 2:15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself; 2:16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.
3:1 Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying: 3:2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.
3:3 Will two walk together, except they have agreed? 3:4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? Will a young lion give forth his voice out of his den, if he have taken nothing? 3:5 Will a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where there is no lure for it? Will a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all? 3:6 Shall the horn be blown in a city, and the people not tremble? Shall evil befall a city, and the LORD hath not done it? 3:7 For the Lord GOD will do nothing, but He revealeth His counsel unto His servants the prophets. 3:8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? The Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?