For all the gods of the nations are idols,.... Or are "nothings" , nonentities; such as have not, and never had, any being, at least many of them, but in the fancies of men; and all of them such as have no divinity in them;an idol is nothing in the world, 1Co 8:4,but the Lord made the heavens; and all the hosts of them, the sun, moon, and stars; these are the curious workmanship of his fingers, and which declare his glory, and show him to be truly and properly God, who is to be feared and worshipped; see Heb 1:10.
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Psalms 96:5
Psalms 96:5
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