Isaiah 41:28 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

וְאֵ֙רֶא֙ וְאֵ֣ין אִ֔ישׁ וּמֵאֵ֖לֶּה וְאֵ֣ין יוֹעֵ֑ץ וְאֶשְׁאָלֵ֖ם וְיָשִׁ֥יבוּ דָבָֽר׃

And I look, but there is no man; Even among them, but there is no counsellor, That, when I ask of them, can give an answer.

Rashi on Isaiah

And I look and there is no man [lit. and I will see, in the future tense.] I always look at the prophets of Baal, and there is no man who tells of a future event.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

For I beheld and there was no man of the idolaters that could tell this.
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Rashi on Isaiah

and of these of all these destined to come, and none of them is a counselor who stood in God’s counsel and will know them.
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