Acts 7:42 “But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the…”

Acts 7:42

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?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English Bible

But God turned away and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

American Standard Version

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?

Geneva Bible 1599

Then God turned himselfe away, and gaue them vp to serue the host of heauen, as it is written in the booke of the Prophets, O house of Israel, haue ye offred to me slaine beasts and sacrifices by the space of fourtie yeres in the wildernes?

Darby Translation

But God turned and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in [the] book of the prophets, Have ye offered me victims and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

Young's Literal Translation

and God did turn, and did give them up to do service to the host of the heaven, according as it hath been written in the scroll of the prophets: Slain beasts and sacrifices did ye offer to Me forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

Bible in Basic English

But God was turned from them and let them give worship to the stars of heaven, as it says in the book of the prophets, Did you make offerings to me of sheep and oxen for forty years in the waste land, O house of Israel?

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Cross references

“and gave”

Ezekiel 20:39 Romans 1:24–28 Isaiah 66:4 Hosea 4:17 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12 Ezekiel 14:7–10

Ezekiel 20:39 · BSB

And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and id…

Romans 1:24–28 · BSB

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

Isaiah 66:4 · BSB

So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

Hosea 4:17 · BSB

Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!

2 Thessalonians 2:10–12 · BSB

and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

Ezekiel 14:7–10 · BSB

For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the L…

“the host”

Jeremiah 19:13 Deuteronomy 4:19 Job 31:26–28 Ezekiel 8:16 Deuteronomy 17:3 2 Kings 17:16

Jeremiah 19:13 · BSB

The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other…

Deuteronomy 4:19 · BSB

When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

Job 31:26–28 · BSB

if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

Ezekiel 8:16 · BSB

So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD…

Deuteronomy 17:3 · BSB

and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—

2 Kings 17:16 · BSB

They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.

“O ye”

Amos 5:25 Amos 5:26

Amos 5:25 · BSB

Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

Amos 5:26 · BSB

You have taken along Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, the idols you made for yourselves.

“have ye”

Isaiah 43:23

Isaiah 43:23 · BSB

You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.

“of forty”

Hebrews 3:15–17 Psalm 95:10 Hebrews 3:9

Hebrews 3:15–17 · BSB

As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”

Psalm 95:10 · BSB

For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”

Hebrews 3:9 · BSB

where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.

Also

Isaiah 63:10 Joshua 24:20 Acts 7:36

Isaiah 63:10 · BSB

But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.

Joshua 24:20 · BSB

If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”

Acts 7:36 · BSB

He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

41At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.

43You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’

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