Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 7:42

42 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 fourty years in the wilderness?

From being as a Father to them, to be a Judge over them, to punish them; whereas formerly he had blessed them.

This was indeed to deliver them to Satan, God withholding his grace which they had abused, Rom. 1.24, 25. and giving them up, (to fall from one sin unto another) tho not positively, yet permissively.

The Angels are so called, Luke 2.13. but it is rather here to be understood of the sun, moon, and stars, which are called so, Deut. 17.3. Isa. 40.26.

The words here referred to, are in Amos 5 25. 'Tis said to be in the Book in the singular number, because the twelve small Prophets are by the Iews mentioned but as one Book.

This positive question does vehemently deny, that they had offered any Sacrifices unto God, whilest they were in the wilderness; but at the same time they offered Sacrifices unto Idols; for when they had corrupted Gods worship, their Sacrifices were as no Sacrifices unto him, Isaiah 1.11. and 43.23.