ישעיהו מד:כד פירוש: רש״י ואבן עזרא

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.

That maketh all things, which I desire; you may infer it from the fact, that I, by myself, stretch forth the heaven.

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.