## It is as if he were eating ashes ##

Yahweh compares worshiping idols to eating ashes. This means the idols are worthless and cannot help anyone. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

## his deceived heart misleads him ##

AT: "he has deceived himself and gone astray"

## He cannot rescue his soul ##

AT: "The person who worships idols cannot save himself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])