They hauled out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.

They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

He will demolish the sacred pillars in the temple of the sun ¹  in Egypt and will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.”’”

Israel was a fertile vine that yielded fruit. As his fruit multiplied, he multiplied altars to Baal. ¹  As his land prospered, they adorned the fertility pillars.