Shabbat Shalom!
Welcome to Va'era / And He Appeared - this week’s Prophetic reading
Prophecy 20, 68, 73;
Exodus 6:2–9:35;
Ezekiel 28:25–29:21;
Luke 11:14–22;
Ezekiel 28:25–29:21
25 So says Adonai YAHUVEH: When I have gathered the house of Israel from the
peoples among whom they are dispersed, and have been sanctified in them in the
sight of the nations, then they shall dwell on their land which I have given to
My servant Jacob. 26 And they shall dwell in it securely and shall build houses and plant
vineyards. Yes, they shall dwell securely, when I have done judgments on all
those who hate them round about them. And they shall know that I am YAHUVEH
their ELOHIM.
*~Ezekiel Chapter 29 ~*
1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth of the month, the Word
of YAHUVEH was to me, saying, 2 Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against
him and against Egypt, all of it. 3 Speak and say, So says Adonai YAHUVEH: Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king
of Egypt, the great monster who lies in the midst of his rivers, who has said,
My river is mine, and I, even I, have made it. 4 But I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will cause the fish of your rivers to
stick to your scales. And I will bring you up from the midst of your rivers, and
all the fish of your rivers shall stick to your scales. 5 And I will leave you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers.
You shall fall on the face of the field, you shall not be removed or gathered. I
have given you to the beasts of the field and to the birds of the heavens for
food. 6 And all those living in Egypt shall know that I am YAHUVEH, because they have
been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 7 When they took hold of you by your hand, you crushed and tore off all their
shoulder. And when they leaned on you, you shattered and made all their loins
stand. 8 So Adonai YAHUVEH says this: Behold, I will bring on you a sword and cut off
from you man and beast. 9 And the land of Egypt shall become for a desolation and a waste, and they
shall know that I am YAHUVEH, because he has said, The river is mine, and I have
made it. 10 So, behold, I am against you and against your rivers, and I will give the
land of Egypt for an utter waste and a desolation, from Migdol to Syene, even to
the border of Ethiopia. 11 The foot of man shall not pass through it, and the foot of beast shall not
pass through it, and you shall not dwell forty years. 12 And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the lands that
are desolate, and her cities shall be desolate among the wasted cities forty
years. And I will disperse Egypt among the nations and disperse them among the
lands. 13 For so says Adonai YAHUVEH: At the end of forty years, I will gather Egypt
from the peoples there where they are scattered. 14 And I will return the captivity of Egypt and will make them return to the
land of Pathros, to the land of their origin. And they shall be a lowly kingdom
there. 15 It shall be the lowest of the kingdoms, and it shall not lift itself any more
above the nations. And I will diminish them so that they will not rule over the
nations. 16 And it shall not be any more as confidence for the house of Israel, recalling
the iniquity of their turning after them. And they shall know that I am Adonai
YAHUVEH. 17 And it happened in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, in the first
of the month, the Word of YAHUVEH was to me, saying, 18 Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army to serve a great
service against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was rubbed
bare. Yet there was no hire to him or to his army from Tyre, for the service
that he had served against it. 19 So Adonai YAHUVEH says this: Behold, I will give to Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon the land of Egypt. And he shall lift up her host and plunder her
plunder, and seize her prey. And it shall be hire for his army. 20 For his labor which he served against it, I have given him the land of Egypt,
because they worked for Me, declares Adonai YAHUVEH. 21 In that day I will make a horn spring up to the house of Israel, and I will
give to you the opening of the mouth in their midst. And they shall know that I
am YAHUVEH.
Luke 11:14–22
14 And He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. And it happened as the demon
was going out, the mute one spoke. And the crowds marveled. 15 But some of them said, He casts out the demons by Beelzebub the chief of the
demons. 16 And tempting Him, others were seeking a sign from Heaven from Him. 17 But Yahshua who was aware of their thoughts said to them, Every kingdom that
is divided against itself will become desolate, and a house that is against its
own nature will fail. 18 And also if Satan is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?
Because you say I cast out the demons by Beelzebub. 19 And if I cast out the demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them
out? Because of this they shall be your judges. 20 But if I cast out the demons by the finger of Elohim, then the Kingdom of
YAHWEH is drawing near to you. 21 When a strong man while armed keeps watch over his courtyard, his property is
in peace. 22 But if one comes who is stronger than him and overcomes him, he will take
away all his armor, that which he had trusted in. And he will divide his spoil.