The gods that have not made the heavens, &c.] This sentence alone is conceived in the Chaldee language, or the Syrian, which was most familiar with them, Daniel 2:4. Ezra 4:7. that they might have it ready at hand, among the Chaldeans, to stop their mouths with, when they should be enticing them to idolatry. from under these heavens] From the places, where they abide, in any part of the world. Deuteronomy 4:32. Job 41:11. Ecclesiastes 2:17. Vers. 15. Lamentations 3:66.