Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 21:20:

• Kupsabiny: “One sign shall show the king the road that goes to the city of the Ammonites that is called Rabbah. And the other one shows the road that goes to Jerusalem in Judah, that guarded city.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The one road going to Raba, the capital of Ammon, and the one going to Jerusalem, the stoned-wall capital of Juda.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “If they continue on the one road, they will attack Rabbahcity, the capital of the Ammon people-group. If they continue on the other road, they will come to Judah and to Jerusalem, a city with walls around it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Kupsabiny: “The king of Babylon will stop there by that thing that shows the road. In order to know which road leads to where he will shake arrows and throw them to the ground and ask his ancestral spirits and then he will beat the stomach of a goat that has been sacrificed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “For the king of Babilonia will-stand on where- the two roads -have-crossed and he will-know which road he will-pass-by by casting-lots arrow(s), to-ask from little-gods, and to look carefully at the liver of an animal which had-been-offered.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “When the army of Babylonia comes to where the road divides, they will stop, and the king will perform magic rituals to decide which road to go on. He will throw arrows; then consult his idolsabout which road to go on, and he will examine/look at the liverof a sheep.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 21:22:

• Kupsabiny: “The righthand side shall show the road to Jerusalem. (He/they) shall arrange wooden logs used for crashing the gates and heap up things outside the wall by which (he/they) can climb going into the city. And then (he/they) shall shout for the battle to open.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The arrow which he will-draw is the one with the mark of Jerusalem. Then he will shout in attacking Jerusalem and in killing her residents. He will-place big woods that are-used-to-demolish the gate of Jerusalem. He will-make little-towers and will-pile-up soil beside the stone-walled of the city so-that it can-be-climbed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “With his right hand he will pick up the arrow marked ‘Jerusalem’. He will thencommand his soldiers to go to Jerusalem. When they arrive there, they will set up rams/devices to batterdown the walls, and then the king will give the command for them to slaughter the people. They will shout a battle-cry, and they will set up the rams against the city gates. They will build a dirt ramp against the walls around the city, and set up things to bash those walls.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 21:23:

• Kupsabiny: “It will surprise the people of Jerusalem because (they) thought that they had made a covenant with that king. But these things that are coming shall show their sins, and they shall be caught/taken.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The ones-from-Jerusalem can- not -believe that this will-happen to them because they have a covenant with Babilonia. But the king of Babilonia will-remind them of their sins, and then he will-take- them -captives.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The peoplein Jerusalem who had promised to be loyal to the King of Babylonia will think that those rituals must be wrong. They will think that his army should not be attacking them. But he will remind them of the sins that they had committed, andhis army will capture them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 21:24:

• Kupsabiny: “So the God of power is saying, ‘Your sins slept outside (are exposed). Everyone knows how great the sin is and your sin is seen by/in your habits/actions. You are condemned, I shall hand you over to your enemies.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘Therefore I, the Lord GOD, say to them, ‘Your sins were-revealed, and you really show how rebellious you are and sinner. Because you are doing this, I will-cause- you -to-be-taken-captive.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Therefore, tell the Israeli people that this is what Yahweh the Lord says: ‘You people have allowed everyone to see that you are openly rebellingagainst the King of Babylonia, and by doing that you have shown that everything that you do is sinful. Therefore you will be captured and takento Babylonia.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 21:25:

• Kupsabiny: “You bad king and sinner of Israel, your last day is arriving in which you shall be punished.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘You (sing.) wicked and sinner/sinful leader of Israel, the time has-come now that you will-be-punished!” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Also, say, ‘You very wicked king of Israel, it is your timeto die. It is the time for you to be punished.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 21:26:

• Kupsabiny: “I the God of power is saying: Remove your hat of rulership and everything related to that. Things will no longer be like this. The weak shall be raised up and those who have power shall be pulled down!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I, the Lord GOD, say: Take-off your turban and crown, for everything is-different now. The lowly will-become honorable, and the honorable will-become lowly.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “And this is what Yahweh the Lord says to you soldiers from Babylonia: ‘Take off the king’s turban and his crown, because now things will be different than they were before. Thosein Jerusalem who had no authority will now be given authority, and those who had authority will have their authority taken from them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 21:27:

• Kupsabiny: “Destruction! Destruction! I will destroy the city ruining it so that it it is not restored until only the one who is worthy/fitting to rule has arrived. That one I shall give that city.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I will- surely -destroy Jerusalem! This will- not -be-built-up again until my chosen-one will-arrive who will-judge this city; for he is- the -one- I -handed- this -over.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Jerusalem will be completely ruined. I will cause it to be ruined, and it will not be rebuilt/restored until the king to whom the city truly belongs comes; I will give it to himto rule it.’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)