Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 24:9:
- Kupsabiny: “I the God of power am saying: How bad/evil this city is! I will also set fire to (the) firewood.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Therefore I, the Lord GOD, am-saying: Pity the city of Jerusalem whose residents are killer! I myself will-be- the -one-to-gather firewood in-order to burn them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord say:
‘Terrible things will happen to that city that is full of murderers !
It will be as though I also will pile high the wood in the fire.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
