Groves

“Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,”

“Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.”

“They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.”

“Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.”

“I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst and demolish your cities.”

“So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.”

“For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.”

“They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.”