“I am the Lord your God” – when a king of flesh and blood builds a palace, can he, perhaps, move it from its place? But I am not so, as it is stated: “I made and I will carry, I will bear and I will rescue” (Isaiah 46:4). “I made,” as it is stated: “The Lord God made for Adam and for his wife” (Genesis 3:21). “And I will carry,” as it is stated: “The Lord God took the man” (Genesis 2:15).
Another matter: “I made” (Isaiah 46:4) – “as I regret that I made them” (Genesis 6:7). “I will carry” (Isaiah 46:4) Noah, as it is stated: “The Lord shut him in” (Genesis 7:16). “I will bear” (Isaiah 46:4), as it is stated: “The Lord descended to see the city and the tower” (Genesis 11:5).9God bore their sin, meaning that He did not destroy them as He had done to the generation of the Flood (Rabbi David Luria).
“And I will rescue” (Isaiah 46:4) Abraham, as it is stated: The Lord “said to him: I am the Lord who took you out of Ur of the Chaldeans” (Genesis 15:7). Another matter: “I made” (Isaiah 46:4) Israel, as it is stated: “He made you and established you” (Deuteronomy 32:6). “I will carry” (Isaiah 46:4), as it is stated: “I carried you on the wings of eagles” (Exodus 19:4). “I will bear” (Isaiah 46:4) in the incident of the [Golden] Calf.
“And I will rescue” (Isaiah 46:4), as it is stated: “The Lord said: I have forgiven in accordance with your word” (Numbers 14:20).