Isaiah 45:22 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

פְּנוּ־אֵלַ֥י וְהִוָּשְׁע֖וּ כָּל־אַפְסֵי־אָ֑רֶץ כִּ֥י אֲנִי־אֵ֖ל וְאֵ֥ין עֽוֹד׃

Look unto Me, and be ye saved, All the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is none else.

Rashi on Isaiah

Turn to Me and abandon your graven images, all the ends of the earth, and, thereby, you shall be saved.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

And be ye saved. This is the same as and you will be saved; it is in your own power.24The imperative And be ye saved is here used, although the Israelites cannot properly be commanded to save themselves, for it is God who saves them; because the relief sent to them by God is only the consequence of their good actions, which they are here indirectly commanded to do.
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