Isaiah 43:13 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

גַּם־מִיּוֹם֙ אֲנִ֣י ה֔וּא וְאֵ֥ין מִיָּדִ֖י מַצִּ֑יל אֶפְעַ֖ל וּמִ֥י יְשִׁיבֶֽנָּה׃ (ס)

Yea, since the day was I am He, and there is none that can deliver out of My hand; I will work, and who can reverse it?

Rashi on Isaiah

Even before the day I am He Not only that day was I alone, but even before it became day I am He alone.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

Before the day was, etc. I was God before the existence of day. Therefore, the word גם yea is added.
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Rashi on Isaiah

I do If I came to do, no one can retract.
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