Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 17:8

"And they shall not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they have respect to that which their fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the sun-images." — Isaiah 17:8 (ASV)

The groves or the images. —Literally, the Asherah or the sun-images. The former were conical, tree-like pillars which symbolised the worship of a Canaanite goddess, the giver of good fortune. (See Notes on 2 Kings 21:7; 2 Chronicles 34:3–7.)