Behold, ye are of nothing - Margin, ‘Worse than nothing.’ This refers to idols. The idea is that they were utterly vain and powerle…

Behold, ye are of nothing. —This is the summing up of the prophet, speaking as in the Judge’s name. The idol was…

Behold, you are of nothing. He now mocks idols, in order to confirm the godly in the belief and worship of one God, when by the comparison…

Behold, you are of nothing. Not as to the matter of them, for they were made of gold, silver, brass but as to the divinit…

Nothing more is needed to show the folly of sin than to consider the reasons given in its defense. There is nothing in idols worthy of regard. They…

1. Let the islands keep silence before me. Here the prophet begins to strengthen the people for a firm expectation based on the lov…