Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 17:20:

• Kupsabiny: “Tell the kings and all the people of Judah and everyone who lives in Jerusalem and enters those gates to listen to what I am saying.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “And tell the people, ‘You (plur.) listen to the message of the LORD, you (plur.) kings and people of Juda, and you (plur.) all who live in Jerusalem who pass-through in these entrance/gates.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Say to the people at each gate, ‘You kings of Judah and everyone else who is living in Jerusalem and all you other people of Judah who enter these gates, listen to this message from Yahweh!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 17:21:

• Kupsabiny: “Tell those people that I God have said, if you are to be/stay well, guard yourselves. No one is to carry anything (heavy) on the day of Sabbath bringing it into Jerusalem.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “This is what the LORD is-saying: If you (plur.) give value to yourselves, you (plur.) do not bring your (plur.) merchandise at the entrance/gate of Jerusalem on the Day For-Resting.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He says, ‘Listen to this warning carefully! Stop doing work on Sabbath/our rest days! Stop carrying loads through these gates on those days!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 17:22:

• Kupsabiny: “Do (plur.) not carry any (heavy) things outside (the house) when it is the day of the Sabbath, nor do any work. Set aside the day of Sabbath to be a big day as I said to your forefathers.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Yes, you (plur.) should not work or bring your (plur.) merchandise from your (plur.) house on this day. You (plur.) consider this as a unique day. I commanded this to your (plur.) ancestors,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Do not carry loads out of your houses or do any other work on Sabbath days! Instead, cause Sabbath days to be holy/set apart for me. I commanded your ancestors to do that,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 17:23:

• Kupsabiny: “But your forefathers were stiff-necked (dry-headed) so that they did not listen to what I was saying, and (they) ignored me. They made the heads deaf, refused to hear my words and did not follow my will.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “but they never listened to me. They are hard headed! They would not accept my disciplining to them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “but they did not listen to me or obey me. When I did things to correct them, they stubbornly refused to pay attention to what I said or to accept it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 17:24:

• Kupsabiny: “But if you hear me God (my) words, and do not bring any things through the gates of this city on the day of Sabbath, and do not do work on that day,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But if you (plur.) just obey me, that you (plur.) would not work or bring your (plur.) merchandise at the entrance/gates of Jerusalem in the Day For-Resting, but-rather you (plur.) consider this as a unique day,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But I say that if you obey me, and if you do not carry loads through these gates on Sabbath days or do any other work on Sabbath days, and if you dedicate the Sabbath days to me,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 17:25:

• Kupsabiny: “nothing bad shall happen to Jerusalem. The house/family of David shall rule for a long time, all going/riding in chariots that are pulled and (on) horses. It shall also happen like that for the people of Judah and those of Jerusalem. They shall live in this city for many years.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I will-bless you (plur.). Surely there is always a king who will-reign here in Jerusalem who is a descendant of David. The king and his officials will-ride on chariots and horses and will-parade entering the entrances/gates of the city, with the people of Juda and Jerusalem. And this city of Jerusalem will-be-inhabited forever/[lit. until whenever].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “kings of Judah and their officials will continue to go in and out of these gates. There will always be someone who is a descendant of King David ruling here in Jerusalem. Kings and their officials will go in and out of these gates, riding in chariots and on horses, and there will be people living in this city forever.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 17:26:

• Kupsabiny: “People will come from the cities of Judah and villages that are near Jerusalem. (They) shall also come from the land of Benjamin, the ridges/hills of Judah, from the slopes and Negev. Those people shall bring sacrifices that are burned completely and things to be offered, food given as gifts, those things that smell sweet and sacrifices that they use to give thanks to me God in my House.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The people will-worship at the temple of the LORD from the places around Jerusalem and (from) the towns of Juda and Benjamin, and from the hills/[lit. seems-like-mountains] in the west, from the mountains, and from Negev. They will-bring to the temple burnt offerings and other offerings, like the gift offering, thanksgiving offering, and incense.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “And people will come to Jerusalem bringing offerings to be completely burned on the altar and other offerings. They will bring to the temple grain offerings and incense and offerings to thank me. People will bring those offerings from the towns in Judah and the villages near Jerusalem and from the land where the tribe of Benjamin lives and from the western foothills and from the desert in the south.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 17:27:

• Kupsabiny: “But if you do not listen to what I am saying to guard that day of Sabbath like a day that is set aside, if you do not abandon carrying (heavy) utensils and go inside bringing/taking through those gates of Jerusalem on the day of Sabbath, I shall ignite a big fire at those gates so that all the good houses in Jerusalem are burned and no one is ever able to extinguish that fire.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But if you (plur.) would- not -follow me and you (plur.) would- not -consider as a unique day the Day For-Resting, and you (plur.) will-bring your (plur.) merchandise at the entrances/gates of Jerusalem on that day, I will-burn the entrances/gates of Jerusalem as-well-as the strong/firm portions of this city, and no one can-put-off this fire.’ ’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But if you do not pay attention to what I say, and if you refuse to dedicate the Sabbath days to me, and if you continue to carry loads through these gates into the city on Sabbath days, I will burn these gates completely. The fire will spread to the palaces, and no one will be able to put out that fire.’’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)