42 But (A)God turned away and (B)gave them over to worship (C)the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:

(D)“‘Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices,
    (E)during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

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42 But God turned away from them(A) and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and stars.(B) This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets:

“‘Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings
    forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?

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25 (A)“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? 26 (B)You (C)shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god—your images that you made for yourselves,

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25 “Did you bring me sacrifices(A) and offerings
    forty years(B) in the wilderness, people of Israel?
26 You have lifted up the shrine of your king,
    the pedestal of your idols,(C)
    the star of your god[a]
    which you made for yourselves.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:26 Or lifted up Sakkuth your king / and Kaiwan your idols, / your star-gods; Septuagint lifted up the shrine of Molek / and the star of your god Rephan, / their idols

39 “As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord God: (A)Go serve every one of you his idols, now and hereafter, if you will not listen to me; (B)but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts and your idols.

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39 “‘As for you, people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Go and serve your idols,(A) every one of you! But afterward you will surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name(B) with your gifts and idols.(C)

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13 The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah—(A)all the houses on whose (B)roofs offerings have been offered (C)to all the host of heaven, and (D)drink offerings have been poured out to other gods—shall be defiled (E)like the place of Topheth.’”

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13 The houses(A) in Jerusalem and those of the kings of Judah will be defiled(B) like this place, Topheth—all the houses where they burned incense on the roofs(C) to all the starry hosts(D) and poured out drink offerings(E) to other gods.’”

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11 “But my people did not listen to my voice;
    Israel (A)would not submit to me.
12 So I (B)gave them over to their (C)stubborn hearts,
    to follow their own (D)counsels.

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11 “But my people would not listen to me;
    Israel would not submit to me.(A)
12 So I gave them over(B) to their stubborn hearts
    to follow their own devices.

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24 Therefore (A)God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to (B)the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for (C)a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, (D)who is blessed forever! Amen.

26 For this reason (E)God gave them up to (F)dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, (G)men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, (H)God gave them up to (I)a debased mind to do (J)what ought not to be done.

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24 Therefore God gave them over(A) in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.(B) 25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie,(C) and worshiped and served created things(D) rather than the Creator—who is forever praised.(E) Amen.(F)

26 Because of this, God gave them over(G) to shameful lusts.(H) Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.(I) 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.(J)

28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over(K) to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.

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19 And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see (A)the sun and the moon and the stars, (B)all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.

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19 And when you look up to the sky and see the sun,(A) the moon and the stars(B)—all the heavenly array(C)—do not be enticed(D) into bowing down to them and worshiping(E) things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

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15 As it is said,

(A)“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

16 For (B)who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not (C)all those who left Egypt led by Moses? 17 And with whom was he provoked for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, (D)whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

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15 As has just been said:

“Today, if you hear his voice,
    do not harden your hearts
    as you did in the rebellion.”[a](A)

16 Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?(B) 17 And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness?(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 3:15 Psalm 95:7,8

10 (A)But they rebelled
    (B)and grieved his Holy Spirit;
therefore he turned to be their enemy,
    and himself fought against them.

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10 Yet they rebelled(A)
    and grieved his Holy Spirit.(B)
So he turned and became their enemy(C)
    and he himself fought(D) against them.

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26 (A)if I have looked at the sun[a] when it shone,
    or (B)the moon moving in splendor,
27 and my heart has been secretly enticed,
    and my mouth has kissed my hand,
28 this also would be (C)an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
    for I would have been false to God above.

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  1. Job 31:26 Hebrew the light

26 if I have regarded the sun(A) in its radiance
    or the moon(B) moving in splendor,
27 so that my heart was secretly enticed(C)
    and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,(D)
28 then these also would be sins to be judged,(E)
    for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.(F)

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36 He led them out of Egypt(A) and performed wonders and signs(B) in Egypt, at the Red Sea(C) and for forty years in the wilderness.(D)

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17 (A)Ephraim is joined to idols;
    (B)leave him alone.

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17 Ephraim is joined to idols;
    leave him alone!

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16 And he brought me into (A)the inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, (B)between the (C)porch and (D)the altar, were about twenty-five men, (E)with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping (F)the sun toward the east.

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16 He then brought me into the inner court(A) of the house of the Lord, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar,(B) were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun(C) in the east.(D)

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