Meaning
To cover the head with ashes was a token of self-abhorrence and humiliation (2Sam 13:19; Esther 4:3; Jer 6:26, etc.).
To feed on ashes (Isa 44:20), means to See k that which will prove to be vain and unsatisfactory, and hence it denotes the unsatisfactory nature of idol-worship. (Comp. Hos 12:1).