Acts 7:42 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Then God turned, from being as a Father to them, to be a Judge over them, to punish them; whereas formerly he had blessed them. And gave them up; this was indeed to deliver them to Satan; God withholding his grace which they had abused, Romans 1:21,25, and giving them up, (to fall from one sin unto another), though not positively, yet permissively. The host of heaven; 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, Deuteronomy 17:3 Isaiah 40:26. In the book of the prophets: the words here referred to are in Amos 5:25. It is said to be in the book, in the singular number, because the twelve small prophets are by the Jews mentioned but as one book. Have ye offered to me slain beasts, &c.: this positive question does vemently deny that they had offered any sacrifices unto God whilst they were in the wilderness; but at the same time they had offered sacrifices unto idols; for when they had corrupted God's worship, their sacrifices were as no sacrifices unto him, Isaiah 1:11 Isaiah 43:23.