en_tn_lite_do_not_use/isa/57/13.md

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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 knows the idols cannot rescue them. (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.