Isaiah 40:25 Commentary: Ibn Ezra

וְאֶל־מִ֥י תְדַמְּי֖וּנִי וְאֶשְׁוֶ֑ה יֹאמַ֖ר קָדֽוֹשׁ׃

To whom then will ye liken Me, that I should be equal? Saith the Holy One.

Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

To whom then will you liken me, etc. The prophet addresses the idolatrous people, saying, Are there men more honoured by you than princes and judges? and yet you see that God destroys them in a moment.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

ואשוה That I be equal56A. V., Or shall I be equal.—I. E. does not take it as a separate question, but as the explanation of the preceding one. to him.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

The holy. God is too holy to be compared with one of His creatures, much less with the products of His creatures.
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