They sacrificed unto devils, not to God. — St. Paul repeats this expression in 1 Corinthians 11:20.
Gods that came newly up. — Literally, that came from close at hand. Compare the description of the idol in Isaiah 44:15, easily made from the firewood; and see also Wis. 13:13, “A carpenter taking a crooked piece of wood, and full of knots, hath carved it diligently, when he had nothing else to do” — a comment on the passage in Isaiah 44