⁴ He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the pagan shrines and on the hills and under every green tree.

⁴ He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the pagan shrines and on the hills and under every green tree.

² “When you drive out the nations that live there, you must destroy all the places where they worship their gods—high on the mountains, up on the hills, and under every green tree. ³ Break down their altars and smash their sacred pillars. Burn their Asherah poles and cut down their carved idols. Completely erase the names of their gods!

³⁰ I will destroy your pagan shrines and knock down your places of worship. I will leave your lifeless corpses piled on top of your lifeless idols,^[a] and I will despise you.