Saying, 'When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, Making the ephah small, and the shekel large, And dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
"The new moon ..." The feast of the new moon was allegedly derived from the commandment of God to offer sacrifices upon the first of each month  (Numbers 28:11); but that is a far different thing from "worshipping the host of heaven" in any such thing as a feast of the new moon.  That this feast (evidently of pagan origin) did creep into Jewish worship is clear enough, evidently having been introduced and established by King David  (1 Chronicles 23:31), which in the light of other things that David did still leaves the practice questionable.  We believe this is a clear instance in which it came to pass as declared by the martyr Stephen, "That God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven" (Acts 7:42).