Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 28:16:

• Kupsabiny: “Therefore God has said that he will soon remove you from the land/earth. You are going to die in this very year because you misled people to refuse God.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Therefore this is what the LORD is-saying: ‘I will-vanish you (sing.) from the earth. This very year you (sing.) will-die for you (sing.) taught the people to rebel against me.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Therefore, this is what Yahweh says: ‘You will soon die. Before the end of this year, you will die, because you have rebelled against Yahweh.’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 28:17:

• Kupsabiny: “So, the prophet Hananiah died in the seventh month of that year.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Ang/Therefore in the seventh month of that year, Prophet Hanania died.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Hananiah died two months later.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 29:1:

• Kupsabiny: “I wrote in/from/at Jerusalem a letter writing to the elders, priests, prophets and the people that king Nebuchadnezzar had driven from Jerusalem to go to Babylon.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “There in Jerusalem, Jeremias wrote for the ones-who-rule, priests, prophets, and for others who-were-taken-captive by Nebuchadnezzar in Babilonia from Jerusalem.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “After King Jehoiachin, his mother, his palace officials, other officials in Judah, and all the various kinds of craftsmen had been exiled to Babylon, I wrote a letter to the elders, the priests, the prophets and all the other people who had been taken from Jerusalem to Babylon by soldiers of Nebuchadnezzar.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 29:2:

• Kupsabiny: “I wrote this letter after king Jehoiachin, the mother of the king, the big people of the king, the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen who worked with wood and those with iron were driven away and had gone to another country.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He wrote this after King Jehoyakin, his mother, the officials of the palace, the leaders/[lit. heads] of Juda and Jerusalem, and the skilled carpenters and workers were-taken-captive.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “After King Jehoiachin, his mother, his palace officials, other officials in Judah, and all the various kinds of craftsmen had been exiled to Babylon, I wrote a letter to the elders, the priests, the prophets and all the other people who had been taken from Jerusalem to Babylon by soldiers of Nebuchadnezzar.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 29:3:

• Kupsabiny: “I gave this letter to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah whom Zedekiah the king of Judah sent to go to where Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon was. The letter said,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jeremias gave the letter to Elasa the child of Shafan and to Gemaria the child of Hilkia. They were sent by King Zedekia to Nebuchadnezzar to Babilonia. This is his letter:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I gave the letter to Elasah the son of Shaphan, and to Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, when they were about to go to Babylon to be ambassadors from King Zedekiah to King Nebuchadnezzar. This is what I wrote in the letter:” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 29:5:

• Kupsabiny: “‘Build (plur.) houses and live (in them). Plow/till the fields and plant and eat the food that you harvest.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘[You (plur.)] build houses and dwell/settle-down there. You (plur.) plant and eat your (plur.) product.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘Build houses there, and plan to stay there because you will be there for many years. Plant gardens, and eat the food that is produced in the gardens.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 29:6:

• Kupsabiny: “Marry women/wives and produce children, arrange marriage for your sons and give your daughters to be married so that they can also get children. Multiply and do not become few.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] marry/[lit. take-a-wife-in-marriage and take-a-husband-in-marriage], and give-birth-to-children. Let- your (plur.) children -marry/[lit. take-a-wife-in-marriage and take-a-husband-in-marriage] also so-that they will- also -give-birth-to-children. [You pl] multiply and produce-many.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Get married and have children. Then when they grow up, choose wives for your sons, and husbands for your daughters, in order that they also may have children. In that way, the number of you people will increase, not decrease.” (Source: Translation for Translators)