At the pagan places of worship, on the hills, and under every shady tree, Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense.

Instead, tear down their altars, destroy their sacred pillars, and cut down their symbols of the goddess Asherah.

The LORD said, "Do not make idols or set up statues, stone pillars, or carved stones to worship. I am the LORD your God.

They built places of worship for false gods and put up stone pillars and symbols of Asherah to worship on the hills and under shady trees.

You worship the fertility gods by having sex under those sacred trees of yours. You offer your children as sacrifices in the rocky caves near stream beds.

"When you make an altar for the LORD your God, do not put beside it a wooden symbol of the goddess Asherah.

I will pull down the images of the goddess Asherah in your land and destroy your cities.

At the pagan places of worship, on the hills, and under every shady tree, Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense.

They built places of worship for false gods and put up stone pillars and symbols of Asherah to worship on the hills and under shady trees.

In the land that you are taking, destroy all the places where the people worship their gods on high mountains, on hills, and under green trees.

Tear down their altars and smash their sacred stone pillars to pieces. Burn their symbols of the goddess Asherah and chop down their idols, so that they will never again be worshiped at those places.