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Jehovah has thus placed Himself in opposition to the heathen and their gods, as the God of history and prophecy. It now remains to be seen whether the idols will speak, to prove their deity. By no means; not only are they silent, but they cannot speak. Therefore Jehovah breaks out into words of wrath and contempt. “Behold, ye are of nothing, and your doing of nought: an abomination whoever chooseth you.” The two מִן are partitive, as in Isa 40:17; and מֵאָפַע is not an error of the pen for מֵאֶפֶס, as Gesenius and others suppose, but אֶפַע from עָפַע = פָּה (from which comes פֶּה), פָּעָה, Isa 42:14 (from which comes אֶפְעֶה, Isa 59:5), to breathe, stands as a synonym to אָוֶן, הֶבֶל, רוֹחַ. The attributive clause בָּכֶם יִבְחַר (supply אַשֶׁר חוּא) is a virtual subject (Ewald, §333, b): ye and your doings are equally nil; and whoever chooses you for protectors, and makes you the objects of his worship, is morally the most degraded of beings.