Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 5:2:

• Kupsabiny: “Burn the first portion where the picture of the city was drawn when the siege is over. And then chop the second portion with the sword while you are walking around/outside the city. Then throw the third portion up for the wind to take it to show that I shall chase them with my sword.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Place the one part in a brick where you have drawn Jerusalem, and burn it there in the middle of the city after you have-shown the besieging of it. Place the other part around the city and cut- them -down with your sword. The remaining part scatter (it) in the air, for I will-scatter my people by the sword.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “When the time during whichyou will symbolize that the city will be surroundedby enemy troops ends, put a third of the hair inside thedrawing of the city and burn it. Take another third of the hair, scatter it all aroundthe drawing of the city, and then strike it with your sword. That will symbolize that I will strike the people of Jerusalem withtheir enemies’ swords. Then allow the wind to scatter the other third of the hair. That will symbolize thateven if they flee from the city, I will stillcause their enemies to pursue them and attack them with swords.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 5:3:

• Kupsabiny: “But leave a few hairs and attach them on the bottom/feet side of your clothes.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But leave only a bit of the hair and wrap it in your clothes.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Take a few of your hairs and tuck them into the folds of your robe.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 5:4:

• Kupsabiny: “After that, pull out a portion from that and throw (them) in the fire. They shall burn and that fire shall spread itself to the whole land of Israel.’ I did like that.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then take few-pieces out of it and throw into the fire so-that (it) will be-burned. From this the fire will-spread-out and will-burn the entire Israel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then take a few of those hairs, throw them into the fire, and burn them up. That will symbolize that a fire will spread from Jerusalem and destroy things throughout Israel.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Kupsabiny: “The God of power said to me, ‘This is Jerusalem. It is the center pole of many communities which surround it.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘ I, the Lord GOD, say that that is the end-result of Jerusalem, the city which I made the most-important place in the earth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘Thisdrawing will represent Jerusalem, the city which I have set in the center of the nations, with other countries around it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 5:6:

• Kupsabiny: “But badness/immorality made it refuse my laws and my will more than the communities and countries that surrounded it. They did not fear/respect me or follow the words I am saying.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But she disobeyed my commands, and she is more wicked than the other nations around her. She rejected my commands and regulations/statutes.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But the wicked people of Jerusalem rebelled against obeying my commands, and they show that they are more wicked than the people of the surrounding countries. They rejected my laws and refused to obey my commands.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 5:7:

• Kupsabiny: “So, Jerusalem, I the God of power is saying: You have abandoned my will and my laws more that all the other communities that surround you. You did not honor me or follow the words I am saying. How your neighboring countries stay/live is better than what you do.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Therefore I, the Lord GOD, says: You (plur.) who come-from-Jerusalem, you are more wicked than the other nations in surrounding you. You did not obey my commands and statutes, and you did not even obey the statutes of the nations around you.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘You people of Jerusalem have been more rebellious than the people of the nations around you; you have not obeyed any of my laws. You have not even obeyed the laws of the nations around you!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 5:8:

• Kupsabiny: “So, I the God of power is saying: I will not look you in the eye, Jerusalem, and I shall punish you while the other communities see it.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Therefore I, the Lord GOD, am-against you. I will-punish you which will-be-seen by the nations.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Therefore, this is whatI, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘I am opposed to you people of Jerusalem. I will punish you, and the people of other nations will see it happen.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 5:9:

• Kupsabiny: “I shall do amazing things that I have not done any other day and shall not do again, on account of those idols that are abominable that you worship.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Because of your detestable doings, I will do to you what I have not done yet and I will no-longer do (it).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Because of all your detestable idols, I will punish youpeople of Jerusalem like I have never done before and will never do again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)