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# It is as if he were eating ashes
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Yahweh speaks of a person worshiping an idol as if that person were eating the burned ashes of the wood from which he made the idol. Just as eating ashes does not benefit a person, neither does worshiping an idol. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# his deceived heart misleads him
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The heart represents the inner person. Alternate translation: "he misleads himself because he is deceived" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# He cannot rescue himself
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"The person who worships idols cannot save himself"