Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:15:

• Kupsabiny: “God created the world in his power,
  and he founded the whole world by his skill
  and he spread out the sky in his wisdom.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD made the heaven and the earth by his power and wisdom.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:16:

• Kupsabiny: “When God thunders,
  the water in the sky/heaven/up roars,
  and he makes clouds rise in the world/earth.
  He makes the lightning flash and it rains
  and he opens for the wind to be coming from where it hid.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “In his command, the heaven thunders. He is the one (who) causes- the clouds -to-come-out from the farthest part of the earth. He causes-to-lightning when it rains, and he sends wind from its store-places.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:17:

• Kupsabiny: “Everyone who has no wisdom is foolish,
  the crafted things bring shame to the craftsman
  because the idols he makes are useless,
  who have no life at all.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The-(ones) who are-worshipping gods are senseless and without knowledge. The silversmiths will-be- only -put-to-shame by their gods, for this (are) not true. They have- no -life.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:18:

• Kupsabiny: “They have no goodness at all,
  and it is fitting for them to be mocked.
  God will destroy (them)
  when he comes to pronounce judgment on them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They are worthless, and an-object-of-scorn. Time will-come that they all be destroyed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:19:

• Kupsabiny: “Those idols are not like the God of Jacob,
  because he is the one who created everything,
  including his community/people of Israel.
  And his name is the God of power.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But the God of Jacob is not like that. He is the one who made all things as-well as Israel, the people whom he possesses. LORD Almighty is his name.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:20:

• Kupsabiny: “God is saying,
  ‘Babylon, you are my hammer
  my metal/weapon of war.
  I used you to beat the nations
  and their kings.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD said, ‘You (sing.) are my something-to-hit, my weapon in battle. Through you I will-destroy the nations and the kingdoms,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:21:

• Kupsabiny: “I used you to smash horses and the people who rode them
  and I destroyed the chariots and the people who were in them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “the horses and the horse riders, the chariots and the charioteers.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:22:

• Kupsabiny: “I used you to kill men and women
  and I stabbed the old and the young/small ones,
  including sons and daughters.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I will- also -destroy through you men and women, old-ones and young-ones, single-men and single-ladies.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)