Lekh L'kha - Get Yourself Out 3

This coming Shabbat Parshah (Weekly Portion)  {10/20/2018}

"LEKH L’KHA" (GET YOURSELF OUT)

Haftorah (Prophets):  Isaiah 40:27-41:16

Jacob, why do you say,
and Israel, why do you assert:
“My way is hidden from YHWH,
and my claim is ignored by my God”?
Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
Yahweh is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the whole earth.
He never grows faint or weary;
there is no limit to His understanding.
He gives strength to the weary
and strengthens the powerless.
Youths may faint and grow weary,
and young men stumble and fall,
but those who trust in YHWH
will renew their strength;
they will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary;
they will walk and not faint.
“Be silent before Me, islands!
And let peoples renew their strength.
Let them approach, then let them testify;
let us come together for the trial.
Who has stirred him up from the east?
He calls righteousness to his feet.
YHWH hands nations over to him,
and he subdues kings.
He makes them like dust with his sword,
like wind-driven stubble with his bow.
He pursues them, going on safely,
hardly touching the path with his feet.
Who has performed and done this,
calling the generations from the beginning?
I, Yahweh, am the first,
and with the last—I am He.”
The islands see and are afraid,
the whole earth trembles.
They approach and arrive.
Each one helps the other,
and says to another, “Take courage!”
The craftsman encourages the metalworker;
the one who flattens with the hammer
supports the one who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good.”
He fastens it with nails so that it will not fall over.
But you, Israel, My servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
descendant of Abraham, My friend—
I brought you from the ends of the earth
and called you from its farthest corners.
I said to you: You are My servant;
I have chosen you and not rejected you.
Do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you; I will help you;
I will hold on to you with My righteous right hand.
Be sure that all who are enraged against you
will be ashamed and disgraced;
those who contend with you
will become as nothing and will perish.
You will look for those who contend with you,
but you will not find them.
Those who war against you
will become absolutely nothing.
For I, Yahweh your God,
hold your right hand
and say to you: Do not fear,
I will help you.
Do not fear, you worm Jacob,
you men of Israel:
I will help you—
this is YHWH’s declaration.
Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
See, I will make you into a sharp threshing board,
new, with many teeth.
You will thresh mountains and pulverize them
and make hills into chaff.
You will winnow them
and a wind will carry them away,
a gale will scatter them.
But you will rejoice in YHWH;
you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

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