Groves: Forbidden to be Established

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.