וִֽידַעְתֶּם֙ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה בַּעֲשׂוֹתִ֥י אִתְּכֶ֖ם לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמִ֑י לֹא֩ כְדַרְכֵיכֶ֨ם הָרָעִ֜ים וְכַעֲלִילֽוֹתֵיכֶ֤ם הַנִּשְׁחָתוֹת֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ (פ)
At malalaman ninyo na Ako ang Walang-Hanggan, kapag kumilos ako sa inyo alang-alang sa aking pangalan, hindi ayon sa inyong masasamang lakad, ni ayon sa inyong mga gawang tiwali, O sambahayan ng Israel, sabi ng Panginoong Walang-Hanggan.
Pesikta Rabbati
... Teach us o teacher: toward where should one who prays orient his heart? This is what our Rabbis taught: one should orient his heart toward the place of the Holy of Holies (Berachot 4:5). R’ Eliezer ben Yaakov says: if one is praying outside of the land, he should orient his heart to the land of Israel. If one is praying within the land of Israel, he should orient his heart to Jerusalem. If one is praying in Jerusalem, he should orient his heart to the Holy Temple. If one is praying in the Holy Temple, he should orient his heart to the Holy of Holies. R’ Avin the Levi said: “our neck is like the Tower of David, built as a model (talpiyot)…” (Song of Songs 4:4) What does talpiyot mean? The hill (tel) toward which all turns (peniyot) are directed. And after all this praise, it is written “Open your doors, O Lebanon, and let the fire consume your cedars.” (Zechariah 11:1) And so too they said “He has hurled fire into my bones…” (Lamentations 1:13) Israel said to Him: Master of the World! How long will it be like this? Did You not write in Your Torah “…the one who ignited the fire shall surely pay” (Exodus 22:5)? And You are the one who ignited the fire, as it says “From above He has hurled fire into my bones…” (Lamentations 1:13) You need to rebuild it and to console us, not at the hands of an angel but You in Your glory. The Holy One said to them: by your life, so I will do! As it says “The Lord is the builder of Jerusalem; He will gather the outcasts of Israel.” (Psalms 147:2) And I am the one who consoles you. From where do we learn this? From that which they read in the prophets “I, yea I am He Who consoles you…” (Isaiah 51:12)
Bereshit Rabbati
"Behold, I am with you (Genesis 28:15)." Our Rabbis stated: with "Anochi" God spoke with Moses, as it is stated: "I (Anochi) am the God of your ancestors (Shemot 3:6). With "Anochi" God created the word, and placed it in his [Moses'] mouth, as it is stated: "And I (Anochi) will be with your mouth." With "Anochi" God sent him to Pharaoh: "'Anochi' sent you." With "Anochi" God gave the Torah: "I (Anochi) am Hashem your God." With "Anochi" God sent them into the Wilderness, as it is stated: "Behold I (Anochi) led her and brought her into the wilderness (Hoshea 2:16). With "Anochi" God built Zion: "Behold I (Anochi) will bedeck with emeralds your stones (Isaiah 44:11)." With "Anochi" God brings the redemption, as it is stated: "Behold, I (Anochi) will send you Elijah the prophet (Malakhi 3:23)." With Anochi God comforts Israel: "I, I (Anochi, Anochi) am your comforter (Isaiah 41:12)." With 'Anochi" God spoke with Avraham: "I (Anochi) am a shield to you." With Isaac too: "I (Anochi) am the God of Avraham your father." With Jacob: "And behold I (Anochi) am with you." But when God was revealed upon Jacob at first, God did not reveal God's self except with "Ani," as it is stated: "And behold, Hashem stood on top of it [the ladder] and said 'I (Ani) am Hashem, God of Avraham..." Immediately, Jacob was frightened! He said, "Upon my Ancestors, God was revealed in the language of 'Anochi," but upon me in the language of 'Ani.' Say what trangression occurred for me that God did not speak to me in the language of my ancestors!" When the Holy Blessed One saw Jacob in pain and worrying about this, he immediately began speaking with him using "Anochi": "And behold, I (Anochi) am with you." Since Jacob was exiled from his father's home, God promised him that God would be with him, as it is stated: "I (Anochi) am with him in suffering (Psalms 91:15)." Rabbi Hama said: the engraving of lips is so difficult that it is weighed equally to the creation of the universe, that with the creation of the universe it is written: "These are the begettings of the heavens and the earth in their being created," and about the engraving of lips it is written "God creates a new expression of the lips (Isaiah 47:19)." Rabbi Shmuel bar Nahmani said: If you want to know the power of speech, what the Blessed One created with this tongue... sometimes, a person speaks one thing and he loosens his tongue, and sometimes there is a word that he stretches the tongue until his teeth. And with one word we find 11 contexts used [for Anochi): "like their corrupt doings (Ezekiel 20:44)."