Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 19:2:

• Kupsabiny: “Pass through the gate of potsherds until the valley of the son of Hinnom. When you (sing.) have reached there, announce the words that I am telling you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “and you (plur.) go to the Valley/Plain of Ben Hinom, near the Gate/Entrance where the Broken Clay-Pots were-Thrown-Away. And there proclaim what I said to you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Go out of the city past the Gate of Broken Pots, to the place overlooking the dump for broken pottery in the Ben-Hinnom Valley. Then give them a message.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 19:3:

• Kupsabiny: “Say to (them), ‘Listen to what God is saying, oh, rulers of Judah and people of Jerusalem. The God of power of Israel is saying: Surely I am going to send to you a calamity/disaster that you want to close your ears for when you hear (it).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) say, ‘Kings of Juda and people of Jerusalem, you (plur.) listen to the message of the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel. This is what he said: I will-send destruction to this place that anyone who can-hear about it astonished/stunned/[lit. not able to speak].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Say to them, ‘This message is for you kings of Judah and other people of Jerusalem. Listen to what Yahweh is saying! The Commander of the armies of angels says that he will cause there to be a terrible disaster in Jerusalem. Those who hear about it will be stunned/shocked.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 19:4:

• Kupsabiny: “I am going to do like that because people have abandoned me and made idols in this land in order to make sacrifices to things that they did not know at all, even their forefathers or/and the rulers of Judah. And again they have killed here people who had no sin/mistake.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I will-do this, for my people have-rejected me, and this valley/plain they made into a place-of-offering of burnt offerings for other gods. These gods they did not even know or by their ancestors or by the kings of Juda. They even killed innocent children in this place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “That will happen because you Israeli people have stopped worshiping me, and have caused this place to be a place where you worship foreign gods. You burn sacrifices to gods that neither you nor your ancestors nor even the kings of Judah ever heard about. And you have filled this place with the blood of innocent people whom you have killed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 19:5:

• Kupsabiny: “They have built for Baal altars in order to burn there their children completely as sacrifices to Baal, something I did not tell (them) to do, it never even crossed my mind!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They built-up places-of-worship for Baal, where they burned-up their children as an offering to him. I never commanded this to them; it did not even entered my mind.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “You have built shrines to honor your god Baal, and at those shrines you have killed your own children and offered them to be sacrifices to Baal. I never commanded you to do that, I never spoke about doing that, I never even thought about anyone doing that.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 19:6:

• Kupsabiny: “Listen/Look, days are coming when this place will no longer be called Topheth, or the valley of the Son of Hinnom, but it will be called the valley of killing. It is I God who has spoken.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So, you (plur.) beware, for I, the LORD, is-saying that a time will-come that the people will- no longer -call this place Tofet or Valley/Plain of Ben Hinom, but-rather Valley/Plain of Slaughter.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So, beware, because I, Yahweh, say that there will be a time when this garbage dump will no longer be called Topheth or Ben-Hinnom Valley; it will be called Slaughter Valley.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 19:7:

• Kupsabiny: “And again, I will disturb here the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make enemies defeat their people killing (them) in battle. Vultures and animals shall eat their corpses.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Here in this very place I will-destroy the plan of Juda and Jerusalem. I will-have- them -kill by their enemies through war, and I will-cause- their corpses -to-be-eaten by the birds and wild animals.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “In this place I will ruin the plans of you people who live in Jerusalem and in other places in Judah. I will allow your enemies who want to kill you to kill many of you with their swords. Then I will allow your corpses to remain on the ground to be food for vultures and wild animals.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 19:8:

• Kupsabiny: “I will destroy this city completely so that when a person passes by, he will be shocked and astounded over the disaster that will come to (them).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I will-have- this city -destroy and it will-become an object-of-scorn. All who pass-by will- surely -be-astonished/stunned/[lit. not able to speak], and they will-tush/(pish) because of what had-happened to it.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I will completely destroy Jerusalem and cause it to become a heap of ruins that people will despise. All the people who pass by will be appalled, and they will be shocked when they see that the city has been destroyed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 19:9:

• Kupsabiny: “Enemies will surround the city wanting to kill people. Then, life will be very painful in the city until a person eats his/her children and one person eats another.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “This city will-be- sieged by the enemies until the residents will-run-out of food. Therefore they will- now -eat their fellowman, even their very-own children.’ ’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I will enable your enemies who want to kill you to surround the city for a long time. Then the food will be all gone, and you people will be extremely hungry, with the result that you people in the city will eat the flesh of your own children and your neighbors’ children.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)