Isaiah 43:10 Doesn't Say that YHWH wasn't "Formed"

Eldeah said:

In Isaiah 43:10 we read:

"“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,​

“and my servant whom I have chosen,​

so that you may know and believe me​

and understand that I am he.​

Before me no god was formed,​

nor will there be one after me."​

This doesn't exclude that the speaker from being formed. (The hebrew word used in the sentence is Yatsar.)
Which in my opinion is beautiful if the Creator himself is Formed just like humanity was according to Genesis 2:7:

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"Then the Lord God formed a man from the​

dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils​

the breath of life, and the man became a living being."​

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Also in this sense we are way closer to G'd as we dare to believe.

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Eldeah said:

In Isaiah 43:10 we read:

"“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,​

“and my servant whom I have chosen,​

so that you may know and believe me​

and understand that I am he.​

Before me no god was formed,​

nor will there be one after me."​

This doesn't exclude that the speaker from being formed. (The hebrew word used in the sentence is Yatsar.)
Which in my opinion is beautiful if the Creator himself is Formed just like humanity was according to Genesis 2:7:

​

"Then the Lord God formed a man from the​

dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils​

the breath of life, and the man became a living being."​

​

Also in this sense we are way closer to G'd as we dare to believe.

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Eldeah said:

Thank you for your answer.

"Logically it does not make sense to have a Creator who Himself has been formed as that would make the creator a creature."​

"A Creator" can be formed. Look at humanity... We create stuff all the time.
I am not saying that it "Implies" that YHWH was formed, but it also doesn't say that YHWH wasn't formed.

"The phrase ' .. nor will there be one after me' is future tense, it doesn't refer to after some kind of formation event for YHWH."​

Maybe we need to read the verse in its Original language.

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Eldeah said:

So in the synagogue where I go to, I stated the same question. The Rabbi said on the Isaiah verse: "In Hebrew you can interpreted the verse to mean that HaShem is the only deity that was "formed" or "crafted,". But it is better to take interpret it in the meaning of unlike idols, the true God was not created."


I am not looking for ways to support that YHWH was formed. I think a lot of the first 3 chapters of genesis especially the creation(gen1) and formation(gen2) of humanity reflects what happened to YHWH and his Wisdom themselves.

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