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General Information:
Yahweh continues speaking to the unfaithful people of Israel.
let your collection of idols rescue you
Yahweh is mocking the people and their idols. He tells the idols to save the people though he knows they cannot. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-irony)
the wind will carry them all away, a breath will carry them all away
This is saying the same thing in two ways to emphasize that idols are helpless and worthless. Alternate translation: "the wind, or even a breath, will blow them away" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)
holy mountain
The "holy mountain" is Mount Zion, in Jerusalem. See how you translated this in Isaiah 11:9.