“ You must never set up a wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build for the Lord your God.

“你为耶和华你的神筑坛，不可在坛旁栽什么树木作为木偶。

“你为耶和华—你的上帝筑坛，不可在坛旁栽种任何树木作亚舍拉，

“你为耶和华—你的神筑坛，不可在坛旁栽种任何树木作亚舍拉，

“在为你们的上帝耶和华建造的祭坛旁，你们不可竖立亚舍拉木神像，

“在你为耶和华你的神筑的祭坛旁边，不可栽种什么树木，作亚舍拉。

「你為耶和華－你的神築壇，不可在壇旁栽甚麼樹木作為木偶。

「你為耶和華－你的上帝築壇，不可在壇旁栽種任何樹木作亞舍拉，

「你為耶和華－你的神築壇，不可在壇旁栽種任何樹木作亞舍拉，

「在為你們的上帝耶和華建造的祭壇旁，你們不可豎立亞舍拉木神像，

“在你為耶和華你的神築的祭壇旁邊，不可栽種甚麼樹木，作亞舍拉。

『你為自己所築永恆主你的上帝的祭壇、不可在壇旁栽甚麼樹木、作為亞舍拉神木。

為爾上帝耶和華築壇、毋樹木偶於側、

爾築壇奉爾上帝耶和華、毋樹木偶於側、

爾為主爾之天主建祭臺、毋於祭臺側植木以為亞舍拉、或作毋於祭臺側樹木偶

Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build to the Lord your God,

Don’t set up a wooden pole used to worship the female god named Asherah. Don’t set it up beside the altar you build to worship the Lord your God.

“ You shall not plant any tree as an Asherah beside the altar of the Lord your God that you shall make.

“ Do not set up an Asherah of any kind of wood next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,

“ You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the Lord your God, which you shall make for yourself.

“ You shall not plant for yourself any tree, as a wooden image, near the altar which you build for yourself to the Lord your God.

Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

“ Do not set up an Asherah of any kind of wood next to the altar you will build for the Lord your God,

Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole near the altar of the LORD your God which you build for yourself.

You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside Yahweh your God’s altar, which you shall make for yourselves.

He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father, Hezekiah, had broken down. He constructed altars for the images of Baal and set up Asherah poles. He also bowed before all the powers of the heavens and worshiped them.

They rejected all the commands of the Lord their God and made two calves from metal. They set up an Asherah pole and worshiped Baal and all the forces of heaven.

Instead, you must break down their pagan altars, smash their sacred pillars, and cut down their Asherah poles.

He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father, Hezekiah, had destroyed. He constructed altars for Baal and set up an Asherah pole, just as King Ahab of Israel had done. He also bowed before all the powers of the heavens and worshiped them.

The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. They forgot about the Lord their God, and they served the images of Baal and the Asherah poles.

Then the Lord will shake Israel like a reed whipped about in a stream. He will uproot the people of Israel from this good land that he gave their ancestors and will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, for they have angered the Lord with the Asherah poles they have set up for worship.

Then he set up an Asherah pole. He did more to provoke the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than any of the other kings of Israel before him.

This is what you must do. You must break down their pagan altars and shatter their sacred pillars. Cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols.