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:

^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,

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.

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.’”

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.

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.

¹⁵ As it is said,

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?