Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 16:9:

• Kupsabiny: “I the God of power the one of Israel is saying: I shall make an end to feasts of joy, ululation in this place and shouting at a wedding. You (sing.) shall see/experience it and also the people you are together with shall see these things.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “For I, the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘You (sing.) will-see yourself in your (sing.) time that I will-stop the rejoicing and marrying in this place, as-well-as the rejoicing of a newlyweds.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I want you to do this because this is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say: ‘While you are still alive and seeing it happen, I will cause there to be no more singing and laughing in this land. There will be no more joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 16:10:

• Kupsabiny: “And when you tell these people all these words, they will ask you, ‘Why has God judged/decided such calamity for us? What mistake have we done and what sin have we done towards God?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘If you (sing.) tell these things to the people and they ask, ‘What sin we (incl.) have-done against the LORD our (incl.) God that he warned us (incl.) that will-arrive to us (incl.) this terrible disaster?’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “When you tell these things to the people, they will ask, ‘Why has Yahweh declared that these terrible things will happen to us? What have we done for which we deserve to be punished like this? What sin have we committed against Yahweh our God?’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 16:14:

• Kupsabiny: “So I God am saying that days are coming when people will no longer come and say, ‘I swear by the God who brought the people of Israel out from Egypt,’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘But time will-come that the people will- no longer- swear like this: ‘I swear to the living LORD who caused- the Israelinhon -to-come-out of Egipto.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But there will be a time when people who are solemnly promising to do something will no longer say, ‘I will do this, just as surely as Yahweh lives—the one who brought the Israeli people here from Egypt.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 16:15:

• Kupsabiny: “but those people will swear, ‘I swear by the God who brought the people of Israel out from the land on the side of North and all the countries that he scattered them to!’ It is like that because I will cause those people to return to their land that I gave to their forefathers.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Instead, they will-say, ‘I swear to the living LORD who caused- the Israelinhon -to-come-out of the nation in the north and all the nations where he caused- them -to-scatter.’ For I will-bring- them -back to the land which I gave to their ancestors.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Instead, they will say ‘I will do this, just as surely as Yahweh lives—the one who brought us Israeli people back to our own land, from the lands to the north and from all the other lands to which he had exiled us/forced us to go.’ They will be able to say that because some day I will bring your descendants back to this land that I gave to your ancestors.” (Source: Translation for Translators)