Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 29:31:

• Kupsabiny: “Send a message to all the people who were taken to go to another country, ‘I God am saying about Shemaiah: Shemaiah sent a message to you although I did not send him, so now he has deceived you to believe a lie.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘Send this message to all who have been taken-captive. Tell them that this is what I say concerning Shemaya who is from-Nehelam: I have not sent Shemaya to speak to you. He caused- you -to-believe his lies.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘Send this message to all the people from Judah who are there in Babylon. Say that this is what Yahweh says about Shemaiah, the man from Nehelam: ‘I did not appoint him, but he has deceived you and caused you to believe the lies that he prophesied.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 29:32:

• Kupsabiny: “Therefore, I will punish Shemaiah up to his descendants. Not even one among his people will be left alive so as to see the good things that I will do for my people, because it was him who incited people to refuse me. It is I God who has spoken.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Therefore I, the LORD, say that I will- surely -punish him and his descendants. No one among his descendants will-be-left or see the good things that I will-do to you (plur.), for he had taught you to rebel against me. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So, I will punish him and his family. He has incited you to rebel against me. Because of that, all of his descendants will soon die. I will do many good things for you, my people, but he and his descendants will not see those things, because they will be dead. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it!’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 30:1:

• Kupsabiny: “Then the word of God came to me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD said to Jeremias, ‘I, the LORD, the God of Israel, am-saying that you will-write in a book all that I said to you.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Yahweh gave me another message. He said,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 30:3:

• Kupsabiny: “Days are coming when I shall return/bring back my people of Israel and of Judah. I will take those people to return to come to the land I gave their forefathers to become theirs. I God has spoken.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “For the time will-come that I will-cause-to-return my people who come-from-Israel and who-come-from-Juda from captivity. I will-bring- them -back to the land that I gave to their ancestors to-be their possession.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I want you to know that some day I will free my people, the people of Israel and Judah, from being slaves in Babylon. I will bring them back to this land that I gave to their ancestors, and this land will belong to them again. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 30:4:

• Kupsabiny: “These are the words that God spoke to me concerning the people of Israel and of Judah:” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “This is still/also [emphasis] what the LORD said concerning Israel and Juda: ‘The crying/[lit. yelling] of the people will-be-heard not because of joy but of terrible fear.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Yahweh gave to me another message concerning the people of Israel and Judah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 30:5:

• Kupsabiny: “He said,
  A horrible scream will be heard,
  a scream of fear not of peace.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “This is still/also [emphasis] what the LORD said concerning Israel and Juda: ‘The crying/[lit. yelling] of the people will-be-heard not because of joy but of terrible fear.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “This is what he said:
  ‘I hear people screaming because they are terrified ;
  there is no peace in the land.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 30:6:

• Kupsabiny: “Ask yourselves today, so you can understand.
  Can a man really bear a child?
  What has happened that I see every strong warrior/young man
  having laid hands on the waist
  like a woman who is in labor,
  and the face frowning?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Now I have a question for you (plur.). Can men give-birth? So, why have I seen men who are pale and hold their belly/stomach as a woman who is in-labor?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But think about this:
  Men certainly do not give birth to babies.
  Therefore, why do strong men stand there,
  with their faces very white/pale,
  with their hands pressed against their stomachs,
  like women who are about to give birth to babies?” (Source: Translation for Translators)