Commentary for Isaiah 44:10
מִֽי־יָצַ֥ר אֵ֖ל וּפֶ֣סֶל נָסָ֑ךְ לְבִלְתִּ֖י הוֹעִֽיל׃
Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image That is profitable for nothing?
Rashi on Isaiah
molded Heb. נָסָךְ, an expression of pouring and a molten image (מַסֵּכָה). The ‘nun’ in the word is a radical sometimes omitted, e.g., the ‘nun’ of נשך, biting, and of נגף, plaguing.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Who hath formed, etc. Is there any thoughtlessness like this, to attempt to form a god? God. So called in the sense of him who formed the image.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
נסך He hath molten. Comp. מסכה molten (Jer. 7:5)
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