Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:31:

• Kupsabiny: “Messengers come frequently to the king of Babylon bringing news that the whole city has been torn down from one end to the other.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The reporters will-follow-one-another to tell the king of Babilonia that his entire city was- now -captured.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Messengers will go quickly, one after another,
  to tell the king that his city has been captured.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:32:

• Kupsabiny: “Enemies have taken over where one crosses the river. (They) have set on fire where reeds grew and terror has hit the soldiers of Babylon.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The something-to-cross-over of the River have-been-captured. The strongholds have-been-burned, and the soldiers have-been-terrified.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The places at which people can cross the river to escape from the city will be blocked.
  The dry reeds in the marshes/swamps will be set on fire,
  and the soldiers of Babylon will be terrified.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:34:

• Kupsabiny: “The people of Zion are saying, ‘Nebuchadnezzar smashed us completely! This man-eating monster devoured us and he took all our wealth plundering us completely to leave as with nothing. Then he chased us away. Babylon ought to meet with punishment for what (it) has done to us!’ Jerusalem is saying, ‘May those people of Babylon carry charcoals on the head (bear the consequences) for the blood of my people.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Those from-Jerusalem said, ‘Nebuchadnezzar king of Babilonia seems-like dragon who devoured us (incl.). He filled his belly with our wealth. He left our city leaving nothing just-like an empty jar. He drove- us -away and we did not know what we will/would-do. May be done also to Babilonia what they have-done to us and to our children. May the people of Babilonia be-(forced)-to-pay-back for their killing.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The army of Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, has attacked and crushed us Israeli people,
  and we have no strength left.
  It is as though they have swallowed us like a great monster
  that filled its belly with all our tasty parts,
  and then has spit out what it did not like.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:35:

• Kupsabiny: “The people of Zion are saying, ‘Nebuchadnezzar smashed us completely! This man-eating monster devoured us and he took all our wealth plundering us completely to leave as with nothing. Then he chased us away. Babylon ought to meet with punishment for what (it) has done to us!’ Jerusalem is saying, ‘May those people of Babylon carry charcoals on the head (bear the consequences) for the blood of my people.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Those from-Jerusalem said, ‘Nebuchadnezzar king of Babilonia seems-like dragon who devoured us (incl.). He filled his belly with our wealth. He left our city leaving nothing just-like an empty jar. He drove- us -away and we did not know what we will/would-do. May be done also to Babilonia what they have-done to us and to our children. May the people of Babilonia be-(forced)-to-pay-back for their killing.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So the people of Jerusalem say to Yahweh,
  ‘Cause the people of Babylon to suffer
  like they caused us to suffer!
  Cause the people of Babylonia to be punished for killing our people!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:36:

• Kupsabiny: “So/Therefore, God is saying,
  I will fight for you (plur.) the battle you have,
  I will fight for what was done to you.
  I will make the water in Babylon dry up
  the rivers/valleys shall dry up.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Therefore the LORD said, ‘People of Jerusalem, I truly will-defend you, and I will- surely -take-vengeance for you. I will-dry-up the sea and the springs of Babilonia.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “And this is what Yahweh replies to the people of Jerusalem:
  ‘I will be like your lawyer to defend you,
  and I will avenge you.
  I will dry up the river in Babylon
  and all the springs of water.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:37:

• Kupsabiny: “Babylon shall become a deserted place
  so that it only belongs to jackals.
  It will be terrible so that one sneers at it
  and (it is) a desert that is desolate.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “This nation will-become ruined! That place will-become detestable and an-object-of-scorn, and no one will-stay there aside from the fierce/wild dogs/animals.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Babylon will become a heap of ruins,
  a place where jackals/wolves live.
  It will become a place that people are horrified about and will ridicule;
  it will be a place where no one lives.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:38:

• Kupsabiny: “The people of Babylon roared like lions before,
  and growled like the cubs of a lion.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Those from-Babilonia will roar like a lion.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The people of Babylon will all roar like young lions;
  they will growl like baby lions.” (Source: Translation for Translators)