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But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host 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?
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God's Judgment of Abandonment
Commentators highlight that when God "turned" from Israel, it was a profound act of judgment. He "gave them up" to their sinful desires, a phrase also used in Romans 1 to describe God allowing people to experience the full consequences of their rebellion. Scholars describe this not as passive indifference, but as a judicial punishment for their persistent idolatry, where God withdrew His presence and favor.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Then God turned. That is, He turned away from them, abandoning them to their own desires.
The host of heaven refers to the…
Gave them up (παρεδωκεν). First aorist active indicative of παραδιδωμ. This same form occurs three times like clods on a coffin in…
19th Century
Anglican
The host of heaven.—The word includes the host or army of the firmament, sun, moon, and stars, as in 2 Chronicles 33:3…
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Baptist
There was still idolatry in their hearts, and Moses was rejected by them. God grant that we may not be idolaters, and so reject the Prophet, like M…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then God turned Away from them, withdrew his presence, and his favours from them:
and gave them u…
Stephen upbraids the Jews with the idolatry of their fathers, to which God gave them up as a punishment for their early forsaking him.
It wa…
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