Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 31:15:

• Kupsabiny: “God is saying,
  ‘A scream/shout has come from Ramah
  one of mourning and much grieving.
  Rachel is crying over her children and does not want to be comforted
  because those children are no longer.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD still/also continued to say, ‘Crying and lamenting will-be heard in the town of Rama. Raquel is crying because of her children. She is crying and not [emphatic marker] to be comforted because her children have died.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Yahweh also says this:
  ‘Women were weeping in Ramah town on the border between Israel and Judah;
  they were mourning and crying very loudly.
  The women who were the descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh, the two grandsons of Rachel the wife of Jacob, were weeping about their children,
  and no one could comfort them
  because their children were all dead.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 31:16:

• Kupsabiny: “So God is saying,
  ‘Stop (sing.) crying but wipe away the tears
  because you will be blessed for what you have done,
  your children shall return/come back from that country of your enemies.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But now the LORD says, ‘You no longer will-cry for I will-reward you of your deeds. Your children will-return to you from the land of the enemies.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But now this is what I, Yahweh, say:
  ‘Do not cry any more,
  because I will reward you for the good things you have done for your children.
  Your children will return from the land where their enemies have taken them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 31:17:

• Kupsabiny: “You have hope for the days that are coming
  because your children will come back home.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Therefore there is hope for your future. For your children will- surely -return to their own land.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I, Yahweh, am telling you that there are things that you can confidently expect me to do for you in the future.
  Your children will return to their own land.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 31:18:

• Kupsabiny: “I have heard Ephraim complain/moan,
  ‘You beat me, drawing me back to you like a calf that is blocked
  and I have been truly beaten.
  When/If you draw me back, I will turn and come
  because you are my God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I have really heard the crying of those from-Efraim. They say, ‘O LORD, we are like a calf that has-not been-used-to a yoke, but you have taught us to obey you. You are the LORD our God, therefore bring us back to our land.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I have heard the people of Israel grieving very much and saying to me,
  ‘You punished us severely,
  like calves are beaten by their owners to train them for pulling a plow.
  So bring us back to obey/worship you again,
  because we are ready to return to you,
  because you alone are Yahweh, our God.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 31:19:

• Kupsabiny: “I have strayed/turned away from you,
  I repent.
  When I came to my senses,
  I was ashamed and held my cheek.
  I was ashamed and afraid
  because the sin of my youth followed me around.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “We have turned-away from you long-ago, but now we are repenting. When we have realized that we have sinned we pounded our breast in repenting. We are very ashamed of what we have done when we were young.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “We turned away from you,
  but we repented;
  after you caused us to realize that we were guilty.
  We beat our chests to show that we were very ashamed of the sins that we committed when we were young.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 31:20:

• Kupsabiny: “Is Ephraim not my son whom I love,
  and I am very happy for him?
  Even if I spoke bad about him
  I am still remembering him.
  So, I still have him in my stomach/heart
  on account of the compassion I feel for him.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD replied, ‘You (plur.) people-groups of Efraim my beloved child. Even though I always speak against you (plur.), I still love you (plur.). I long-for you (plur.) and I have great compassion on you (plur.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But I, Yahweh, say this:
  The Israeli people certainly are still my dear children.
  It is often necessary for me to threaten to punish them,
  but I still love them.
  That is why I have not forgotten them,
  and I will certainly act mercifully toward them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 31:21:

• Kupsabiny: “Place (sing.) signs at the side of the road
  so that when you (plur.) come back (they) will show you the way.
  Fix/stick (sing.) that road in the head
  the road that you travel on.
  Oh, Israel, my beloved, please return,
  come back here to your cities.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘Set up signs and guideposts on the road. Mark well the path by which you pass-through for this is the path by which you will-pass-through when you come back. O those from-Israel, return now to your towns.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “You Israeli people, set up road signs;
  put up posts along the roads
  to mark the road on which you walked when you were taken from Jerusalem.
  My precious/beloved Israeli people,
  come back to your towns here.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 31:22:

• Kupsabiny: “For how long will you wander around
  oh, you people who are not solid/steadfast?
  I have made something new in the land/world!
  But a woman who went away will always come back.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When will you return to me, O my children who have wandered. I will-make a new thing on earth, it is like that a woman is now the one protecting a man.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “You people who have been like daughters who have forsaken their parents,
  how long will you continue to wander away from me ?
  I, Yahweh, will cause something to happen on the earth that is new/has not happened before:
  The women of Israel will be protecting their husbands as they travel back here!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)