¹⁵ And the Lord will strike Israel, so that it will be like a reed swaying in the water. He will uproot^(A) Israel from this good land that he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they aroused^(B) the Lord’s anger by making Asherah^(C) poles.^[a]

²³ They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones^(A) and Asherah poles^(B) on every high hill and under every spreading tree.^(C)

¹³ He even deposed his grandmother Maakah^(A) from her position as queen mother,^(B) because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down^(C) and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

³³ Ahab also made an Asherah pole^(A) and did more^(B) to arouse the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than did all the kings of Israel before him.