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Commentary for Isaiah 46:5

לְמִ֥י תְדַמְי֖וּנִי וְתַשְׁו֑וּ וְתַמְשִׁל֖וּנִי וְנִדְמֶֽה׃

To whom will ye liken Me, and make Me equal, and compare Me, that we may be like?

Rashi on Isaiah

and compare Me Heb. וְתַמְשִׁלֻנִי. Comp. (Job 30:19) “And I have become like (וָאֶתְמַשֵּׁל) dust and ashes.” An expression of comparison.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

And make me equal, that we two should be similar.—This verse is addressed to the idolaters.
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Rashi on Isaiah

that we may be alike That I and he be alike, one to the other.
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