Commentary for Isaiah 44:24
כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ גֹּאֲלֶ֔ךָ וְיֹצֶרְךָ֖ מִבָּ֑טֶן אָנֹכִ֤י יְהוָה֙ עֹ֣שֶׂה כֹּ֔ל נֹטֶ֤ה שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ לְבַדִּ֔י רֹקַ֥ע הָאָ֖רֶץ מי אתי [מֵאִתִּֽי׃]
Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, And He that formed thee from the womb: I am the LORD, that maketh all things; That stretched forth the heavens alone; That spread abroad the earth by Myself;
Rashi on Isaiah
and the One Who formed you from the womb From the time that (Gen. 25:22) “the children struggled within her,” I was your help and I chose you.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
That maketh all things, which I desire; you may infer it from the fact, that I, by myself, stretch forth the heaven.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
מאתי By myself. Lit., from myself, that is, by my strength; for God is incorporeal.39The literal meaning of the words, That spreadeth abroad the earth from, myself might imply the idea that the earth has its origin materially in God; I. E. refutes this idea by substituting the figurative meaning from or with my strength. It is written in two words, מי אתי. who is with me, which is the same as I alone. Consider well the words of the text: who stretcheth40The use of the present tense.40The use of the present tense. forth the heavens and spreadeth abroad the earth ; they teach us that it is God who is continually keeping heaven and earth in existence.
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