For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
For all the gods of the nations are idols - literally, 'are vanities' or 'nullities' х 'ªliyliym (H457)], 'things of nought' (Job 13:4; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Isaiah 41:24). Isaiah carries on his controversy against pagandom, on the supposition that the idols have no existence, except the images. Still demons are in the background lying hidden behind the foreground of idols. The worship of idols is virtually a worship of devils (1 Corinthians 10:19-21). Idolatry as a system is under the influence of the rulers of the darkness of this world-course.
But the Lord made the heavens. So in Psalms 95:4 the Lord's exclusive deity is made to rest on His having created the earth.