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Ac 7:42 Strong Concordance Then [1161] God [2316] turned [4762], and [2532] gave [3860] them [846] up [3860] to worship [3000] the host [4756] of heaven [3772]; as it [2531] is written [1125] in [1722] the book [976] of the prophets [4396], O ye house [3624] of Israel [2474], have ye offered [3361] [4374] to me [3427] slain beasts [4968] and [2532] sacrifices [2378] by the space of forty [5062] years [2094] in [1722] the wilderness [2048]?
  King James 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?

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
gave them up--judicially.

as . . . written in the book of the prophets--the twelve minor prophets, reckoned as one: the passage is from Amo 5:25.

have ye offered to me . . . sacrifices?--The answer is, Yes, but as if ye did it not; for "neither did ye offer to Me only, nor always, nor with a perfect and willing heart" [BENGEL].
 
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25 Have ye offered [05066] unto me sacrifices [02077] and offerings [04503] in the wilderness [04057] forty [0705] years [08141], O house [01004] of Israel [03478]?
25 Have ye offered [05066] unto me sacrifices [02077] and offerings [04503] in the wilderness [04057] forty [0705] years [08141], O house [01004] of Israel [03478]?
26 But ye have borne [05375] the tabernacle [05522] of your Moloch [04428] and Chiun [03594] your images [06754], the star [03556] of your god [0430], which ye made [06213] to yourselves.
9 Except [03884] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] had left [03498] unto us a very small [04592] remnant [08300], we should have been [01961] as Sodom [05467], and we should have been like [01819] unto Gomorrah [06017].
27 And my heart [03820] hath been secretly [05643] enticed [06601], or my mouth [06310] hath kissed [05401] my hand [03027]:
26 If I beheld [07200] the sun [0216] when it shined [01984], or the moon [03394] walking [01980] in brightness [03368];
74 That he would grant [1325] unto us [2254], that we being delivered [4506] out of [1537] the hand [5495] of our [2257] enemies [2190] might serve [3000] him [846] without fear [870],
25 Have ye offered [05066] unto me sacrifices [02077] and offerings [04503] in the wilderness [04057] forty [0705] years [08141], O house [01004] of Israel [03478]?
42 Then [1161] God [2316] turned [4762], and [2532] gave [3860] them [846] up [3860] to worship [3000] the host [4756] of heaven [3772]; as it [2531] is written [1125] in [1722] the book [976] of the prophets [4396], O ye house [3624] of Israel [2474], have ye offered [3361] [4374] to me [3427] slain beasts [4968] and [2532] sacrifices [2378] by the space of forty [5062] years [2094] in [1722] the wilderness [2048]?
41 And [2532] they made a calf [3447] in [1722] those [1565] days [2250], and [2532] offered [321] sacrifice [2378] unto the idol [1497], and [2532] rejoiced [2165] in [1722] the works [2041] of their own [846] hands [5495].
25 Have ye offered [05066] unto me sacrifices [02077] and offerings [04503] in the wilderness [04057] forty [0705] years [08141], O house [01004] of Israel [03478]?
25 Have ye offered [05066] unto me sacrifices [02077] and offerings [04503] in the wilderness [04057] forty [0705] years [08141], O house [01004] of Israel [03478]?