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OET (OET-LV) If/because DOM altars_their tear_down and_DOM sacred_pillars_their smash and_DOM asherah_poles_their cut_down.
OET (OET-RV) What you must do instead is to break down their altars and smash their pillars, and cut down the poles used to worship their god Asherah.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast
כִּ֤י
that/for/because/then/when
This word marks a strong contrast with the previous verse. Use a natural way in your language for introducing a strong contrast. Alternate translation, followed by a new sentence: “Do the opposite!”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
אֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתָם֙ תִּתֹּצ֔וּן וְאֶת־מַצֵּבֹתָ֖ם תְּשַׁבֵּר֑וּן וְאֶת־אֲשֵׁרָ֖יו תִּכְרֹתֽוּן
DOM altars,their tear_down, and=DOM sacred_pillars,their smash, and=DOM asherah_poles,their cut_down,
This unusual word order reflects the original in bringing each item the Israelites must destroy into focus. You should use whatever form in your language would emphasize or focus on each item that they must destroy. Alternate translation, as separate sentences: “as for their altars, break them down! As for their stone pillars, smash them to pieces! As for their trees where they worship the goddess Asherah, cut them all down!”
Note 3 topic: grammar-collectivenouns
תִּכְרֹתֽוּן
cut_down,
For some reason only this pronoun is singular, referring back the singular “inhabitant” in the previous verse. Translate it based on your decision in the previous verse.
34:13 Asherah was a Canaanite fertility goddess who would continue to be a temptation throughout Israel’s history (see, e.g., Judg 6:25; 1 Kgs 14:15; 2 Kgs 23:15).
• The poles seem to have been fertility symbols.
OET (OET-LV) If/because DOM altars_their tear_down and_DOM sacred_pillars_their smash and_DOM asherah_poles_their cut_down.
OET (OET-RV) What you must do instead is to break down their altars and smash their pillars, and cut down the poles used to worship their god Asherah.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.