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Isaias 41:24

Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of that which hath no being: he that hath chosen you is an abomination.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
Ecce vos estis ex nihilo, et opus vestrum ex eo quod non est : abominatio est qui elegit vos.
Septuagint (Swete)
ὅτι πόθεν ἐστὲ ὑμεῖς καὶ πόθεν ἡ ἐργασία ὑμῶν; ἐκ γῆς· βδέλυγμα ἐξελέξαντο ὑμᾶς.
Hebrew (WLC)
הֵן אַתֶּ֣ם מֵאַ֔יִן וּפָעָלְכֶ֖ם מֵאָ֑פַע תּוֹעֵבָ֖ה יִבְחַ֥ר בָּכֶֽם

Haydock's commentary

Work. All that you can do or promise. Hebrew, "your work is worse than a viper."

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.