Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 44:17:

• Kupsabiny: “But we shall do everything that we have sworn to do. We will be burning those things that smell sweet to the woman ruler/queen of heaven/up whom we pray to and we will pour out the sacrifices of wine. We follow like that as our forefathers, our kings, our leaders and we followed/kept long ago, when we worshipped those things in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. After all, we had progress in those days and we had lots of food and there was no trouble at all.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “We will- surely -do all we want to do: We will-burn incense to our (excl.) goddess ‘Queen of Heaven’ and we will-offer her drink offering as what we did in the towns of Juda and in the streets of Jerusalem. This is also what our ancestors and our kings and officials had-done. That time our situation was good/well; we have many food and there was no disaster/trouble that happened to us.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “We will certainly do everything that we said that we would do. We will burn incense to worship our goddess Astarte, the Queen of Heaven, and we will pour out offerings of wine to her, just like we and our ancestors and our kings and their officials have always done in the streets of Jerusalem and in the other towns in Judah. At that time, we had plenty of food, and we were prosperous and we did not have any troubles.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 44:19:

• Kupsabiny: “The women also seconded/agreed, ‘Oh yes, when we burned those things that smell sweet and poured out wine to the woman ruler who belongs to heaven/up whom we pray to did our husbands not accept it? And again, bread was made showing her face and after that we poured out wine.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The women also said, ‘When we burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offering to her, and make bread in her image, this was known by our husbands.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “And the women said, ‘Furthermore, we burned incense and poured out wine offerings to the Queen of Heaven, and we also made small cakes that resembled her idol, to offer to her. But our husbands certainly knew about and approved of what we were doing!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 44:20:

• Kupsabiny: “Then I said to all those people and their wives,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then Jeremias said to them all,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then I said to all the men and women who had answered me,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 44:21:

• Kupsabiny: “‘Hey, do you think that God did not see how you were praying and also your forefathers, your kings and the leaders together with all the people in the cities of Judah and there in the streets of Jerusalem?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘Do- you (plur.) -think that LORD did- not -know that you (plur.) and your ancestors, your kings and officials, and all the people burned incense in the towns of Juda and in the streets of Jerusalem?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘Do not think that Yahweh did not know that you and your ancestors and your kings and their officials and all the other people in Judah were burning incense to worship/honor idols in the streets of Jerusalem and in the other towns in Judah!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 44:22:

• Kupsabiny: “And because God could no longer tolerate your sins and your evil deeds, he destroyed your land to become desolate until today.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “And when the LORD no longer endured your wickedness and your detestable deeds, he made your land an object-of-scorn and desolate/lonesome, that no one is-residing anymore, as what has-happened today/now.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “It was because Yahweh could no longer endure/tolerate your wicked actions and the detestable things that you were doing that he caused your land to be a place whose name people say when they curse someone, a land that is ruined and which has no one living in it. And your land is still like that.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 44:23:

• Kupsabiny: “You refused to follow the law of God and you burned sacrifices to some useless things and you rebelled against God. Those things caused such a calamity to come to you.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “This destruction had-happened to you (plur.) because you had-burned incense and sinned-against the LORD. You have- not -obeyed his law or followed his statutes and teachings.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “It is because you burned incense to worship/honor idols and committed other sins against Yahweh that you experienced all those disasters. It is because you have not obeyed him or his laws and decrees and commandments.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 44:24:

• Kupsabiny: “Then I said to all those people together with the women, ‘Hear what God is saying all you people of Judah who are in the land of Egypt.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jeremias still said to all the people there, including the women, ‘Listen to the word of the LORD, you people of Juda who live here in Egipto.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then I said to all of them, including the women, ‘All you people of Judah who are here in Egypt, listen to this message from Yahweh.” (Source: Translation for Translators)