unfoldingWord_en_tn/isa/44/20.md

# It is as if he were eating ashes

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/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# his deceived heart misleads him

The heart represents the inner person. AT: "he misleads himself because he is deceived" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# He cannot rescue himself

"The person who worships idols cannot save himself"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/deceive]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/heart]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/righthand]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/falsegod]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# It is as if he were eating ashes`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`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/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# his deceived heart misleads him`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The heart represents the inner person. AT: "he misleads himself because he is deceived" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# He cannot rescue himself`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`"The person who worships idols cannot save himself"`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/deceive]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/heart]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/righthand]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/falsegod]]`