¹⁰ They put up stone pillars for worshiping false gods. And they put up Asherah idols on every high hill and under every green tree. ¹¹ The Israelites burned incense everywhere false gods were worshiped. The nations who lived there before them had done this. And the Lord had forced them out of the land. The Israelites did wicked things that made the Lord angry. ¹² They served idols. And the Lord had said, “You must not do this.”