Shabbat Shalom!
Welcome to Vayeshev / And He Lived - this week’s Prophetic reading
Prophecy 65, 66, 149;
Genesis 37:1–40:23;
Amos 2:6-3:8;
Matthew 1:18-25;
Amos 2:6-3:8
6 So says YAHUVEH: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will
not turn back from it, for they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for
a pair of sandals. 7 Those who trample upon the dust of the earth to be on the head of the
helpless, and they divert the way of the humble. And a man and his father will
go in to the same girl, in order to profane the name of My holiness. 8 And they will stretch out beside every altar, and on garments taken in pledge.
And they will drink wine of those being fined in the house of their ELOHIM. 9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite from before them, whose height was like the height
of the cedars, and he was strong as the great trees. And I destroyed his fruit
from above and his roots from below. 10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you in the wilderness
forty years, to possess the land of the Amorite. 11 And I raised up from your sons for prophets, and for Nazarites from your
young men. Is this not even so, O sons of Israel? declares YAHUVEH. 12 But you gave the Nazarites wine to drink, and you commanded the prophets,
saying, Do not prophesy. 13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart full with produce is pressed. 14 And refuge shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen
his power, nor shall the mighty deliver his life, 15 and he who handles the bow shall not stand, and the swift footed shall not
save, and the horse rider shall not save his life. 16 And the strong in heart among the mighty shall flee naked in that day,
declares YAHUVEH.
*~Amos Chapter 3 ~*
1 Hear this Word that YAHUVEH has spoken against you, sons of Israel, against
all the family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying: 2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth. On account of this, I
will punish you for all your iniquities. 3 Will two walk together except they are agreed? 4 Will a lion roar in the forest when there is no prey for him? Will a young
lion cry out of his den except he has caught something? 5 Will a bird fall into a trap on the ground, and there is no bait for it? Will
a trap spring up from the ground, and nothing at all be caught? 6 If a ram’s horn is blowing in a city, will the people not also tremble? If
there is a calamity in a city, has YAHUVEH not even done it? 7 For Adonai YAHUVEH will do nothing unless He reveals His secret council to His
servants the prophets. 8 A lion has roared. Who will not fear? Adonai YAHUVEH has spoken, who will not
prophesy?
Matthew 1:18-25
18 And the birth of YAHUSHUA Messiah was this way (for His mother Mariam had
been betrothed to Joseph) before the coming together of them, she was found
having babe in womb by the Holy Spirit. 19 But her husband, Joseph, being just, and not willing to make her a public
example, he purposed to divorce her secretly. 20 And as he was thinking about these things, behold, a Cherub of YAHUVEH was
seen by him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take
Mariam as your wife. For that in her is generated by the Holy Spirit. 21 And she will bear a son, and you shall call His name YAHUSHUA, for He shall
save His people from their sins. 22 And all this happened so that might be fulfilled that which was spoken by
YAHUVEH through the prophet, saying, 23 “Behold! The virgin will conceive in her womb and will bear a son, and they
will call His name Emmanuel,” which is interpreted, our ELOHIM is with us. (Isa.
7:14) 24 And being aroused from sleep, Joseph did as the cherub of YAHUVEH commanded
him, and took his wife, 25 and did not know her until she bore her son, the Firstborn. And he called His
name YAHUSHUA.