Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 18:17:

• Kupsabiny: “I will scatter these people in front of their enemies,
  like the wind from the East pushes the dust.
  I shall turn my back on those people,
  that day when calamity shall come to them.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I will-scatter them before/[lit. in front of] their enemies, like dust being-blown by the wind from the east. I will-turn-my-back on them and won’t help in time of their destruction.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I will scatter the people when their enemies attack them
  like dust is scattered by an east wind.
  And when they experience all those difficulties/disasters,
  I will turn my back on them and refuse to help them.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 18:18:

• Kupsabiny: “Then people said, ‘Let us make plans against Jeremiah. There are surely priests who will show us words, there are wise men who will give us advice and there are prophets who will tell us what God is saying. Let us accuse him and let us no longer listen to those words that he is saying at all.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then the people said, ‘Come, let- us (incl.) -look-for a way to stop Jeremias! We (incl.) also have priests to teach us (incl.) the law, and we (incl.) have wise men to counsel us (incl.), and we (incl.) also have prophets to reveal to us (incl.) the message of God. Therefore let- us (incl.) -pretend-to-make-up story against him and we (incl.) would- no longer -listen to what he is-saying.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then some of the people said, ‘Come, let’s plan to attack Jeremiah. We have many priests who teach us God’s laws, and wise men who give us good advice, and prophets who tell us what will happen. We do not need Jeremiah! So, let’s slander him and not pay attention to anything that he says.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 18:19:

• Kupsabiny: “Then, please, I prayed,
  ‘Listen to me, oh God,
  and hear what these people are saying.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Therefore I prayed, ‘O LORD, help me! Listen to what my enemies are-planning against me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then I prayed, ‘Yahweh, please listen to me!
  And listen to what my enemies are saying about me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 18:20:

• Kupsabiny: “Is goodness really to be repaid with evil?
  These people have surely dug a hole.
  Remember when I stood before you
  so as to plead with you, God
  and then your anger subsided.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “What I do for them is good, but they pay-back me evil/bad. They have-dug a pit so-that I will-fall, even-though I took-refuge in you (sing.) and asked-for-pity for them so-that you (sing.) will- not -punish them because of your (sing.) anger against them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I am doing things that are good,
  so it is disgusting that they are paying me back by doing evil things to me.
  It is as though they have dug a pit for me to fall into and die.
  Do not forget that one time I stood in front of you and pleaded for you to help them,
  and I tried to prevent you from punishing them , even though you were very angry with them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 18:21:

• Kupsabiny: “So, oh God, send famine to their children
  and (they) be speared with a sword to die in battle.
  Let the children die from their wives
  and they become widows.
  Let sicknesses kill the elders/old men
  and the young men be speared in battle.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But now, let their children die in famine and in war. Let their females become-widow and lose their children. Let their males die of disease and their young-(men) in war.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So now, allow their children to die from hunger!
  Or cause them to be killed by their enemies’ swords!
  Cause their wives to become widows, whose children are all dead!
  Cause their old men to die in a plague,
  and cause their young men to be killed in battles!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 18:22:

• Kupsabiny: “Let screams come from their houses
  when you make enemies suddenly raid them,
  because they have dug for me a hole so as to catch me
  and they have set a trap to catch me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Let- them -scream in terror if you (sing.) suddenly have- their houses -attacked by the enemies. For they dug a pit so-that I will-fall, and put a trap so-that I will-be-trapped.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Cause people to scream in their homes
  when enemy soldiers suddenly come into their houses!
  Cause all those things to happen to them because they want to kill me.
  It is as though they have dug a pit for me to fall into,
  and they have hidden traps along my path.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 18:23:

• Kupsabiny: “You surely know, oh God
  their whole plot how they want to kill me.
  Do not forgive these people for the evil
  or discard/ignore their evil.
  Let the enemies defeat those people while you watch
  and punish them when the time for you to be angry arrives.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But you (sing.) know, O LORD, all their plans to kill me. Therefore do not forgive their sins and wickedness. Let- them -be-defeated by their enemies while you (sing.) are-looking. Punish them because of your (sing.) anger.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Yahweh, you know all the things that they are planning to do to kill me.
  Do not forgive them for their crimes
  or blot out the record of their sins.
  Cause them to be destroyed;
  punish them because of your being angry with them!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 19:1:

• Kupsabiny: “Then God said to me, ‘Go and buy a clay container from the man who is making pots. Go with elders and priests who have become big/important.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD said to me, ‘You (sing.) buy a jar from a potter. Then you (sing.) invite-to-join the ones-who-rule of the people and the ones-who-rule of the priests,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “This is another message that Yahweh gave to me: ‘Go and buy a clay jar from a man who makes them. Then take with you some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests.” (Source: Translation for Translators)