Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 12:2:

• Kupsabiny: “‘Other communities will attack Judah and surround Jerusalem. But I will make Jerusalem to be like a cup in which there is poison. That poison will be given to those communities to drink.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “I will make Jerusalem like a bowl of wine that sends the people all around reeling. Judah and Jerusalem will be besieged. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I will-make Jerusalem just-like a drink that will-make- the nations around it -drunk. And when will- they -attack Jerusalem, they will- also -attack the other towns of Juda.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘I will soon cause Jerusalem to be like a cup full of very strong alcoholic drink, and the people of other nations who drink it will stagger around. And they will come and attack Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)