Summary of Haftarat Ki Tetze
Isaiah 54:1-10
The haftarah for Shabbat Kie Tetze is the fifth in a series of seven successive haftarah readings that follow the Fast of Ave and the destruction of Jerusalem. The Seven Consolations, each drawn from Isaiah’s Book of Consolations (Isaiah 40-66), offer words of comfort to Zion and promises of future redemption. Each one prophesies the return from the exile, Zion’s restoration, and ultimately, the Messianic kingdom of heaven on earth.
First Consolation (Va’etchanan): Isaiah 40:1-16
Second Consolation (Ekev) Isaiah 49:14-51:3
Third Consolation ( Re’eh): Isaiah 54:11-55:5
Fourth Consolation ( Shoftim): Isaiah 51:12-52:12
Fifth Consolation ( Ki Tete): Isaiah 54:1-10
Sixth Consolation (Ki Tov): Isaiah 60:1-22
Seventh Consolation (Nitzavim): Isaiah 61:10-63:9
Haftarat Ki Tetze, the fifth of the Seven Consolation, returns us to Isaiah 54, a passage that also serves as the haftarah portion for Parashat Noach. The haftarah personifies the city of Jerusalem as a barren woman, a widow, and an abandoned wife. The prophecy offers consolation to Jerusalem during a period of exile, promising her that her inhabitants will return in great numbers. Surprised by the sudden influx, she must expand her borders to accommodate the population boom.
Please take time to start reading in Isaiah 52:13 as the starting point for this portion, because it includes critical prophecies of the Suffering Servant, which the synagogue lectionary omits. The Suffering Servant oracles describe how the Servant of the LORD will be high and lifted up, but must first undergo suffering for the sin of Israel.
From FFOZ Voice of the Prophets
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