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¶ Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices [by the space of] forty years in the wilderness?

Then {G1161} God {G2316} turned {G4762}, and {G2532} gave {G3860} them {G846} up {G3860} to worship {G3000} the host {G4756} of heaven {G3772}; as it {G2531} is written {G1125} in {G1722} the book {G976} of the prophets {G4396}, O ye house {G3624} of Israel {G2474}, have ye offered {G3361}{G4374} to me {G3427} slain beasts {G4968} and {G2532} sacrifices {G2378} by the space of forty {G5062} years {G2094} in {G1722} the wilderness {G2048}?

So God turned away from them and gave them over to worship the stars — as has been written in the book of the prophets,

‘People of Isra’el, it was not to me
that you offered slaughtered animals
and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness!

But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did ye offer unto me slain beasts and sacrifices Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

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Cross-References

  • Amos 5:25 (24 votes)

    Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

  • Amos 5:26 (24 votes)

    But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

  • Ezekiel 20:39 (11 votes)

    As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter [also], if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

  • Jeremiah 19:13 (10 votes)

    And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.

  • Psalms 81:11 (9 votes)

    But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

  • Psalms 81:12 (9 votes)

    So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: [and] they walked in their own counsels.

  • Deuteronomy 4:19 (8 votes)

    And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, [even] all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.