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

• Kupsabiny: “So, they will lack something to give (as a gift)
  in the days of the festivals of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “How will you honor the LORD
  on the prescribed festival days?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Because your (plur.) offerings will- not -be-accepted by the LORD, so what will- you (plur.) -do when-come the special times of worship or the feasts as an honor to the LORD?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “At that time you will not be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 9:6:

• Kupsabiny: “Even if people might escape from Assyria,
  Egypt will crush them
  and they will be buried there in Memphis.
  The bush shall grow until it covers their silver that they had collected for themselves
  and thorn bushes will grow in their homes.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Even if they escape destruction,
  those who live in the land of Egypt will gather their corpses and
  bury them in Memphis.
  Their treasures of silver and
  the places where their homes once stood will be overgrown with weeds and thorn bushes.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Even-though you (plur.) can-escape from destruction, you (plur.) still be-gathered in Egipto and be-buried in Memfis. Your (plur.) precious silver articles will- just -be-covered by grass and your (plur.) tents will-grow-on-it thorny bushes.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “And even if you escape and are not killed by the Assyrians,
  you will be captured by the army of Egypt,
  and you will die and be buried in Memphis, the capital of Egypt.
  Briers will grow up and cover your treasures of silver,
  and thorns will grow in your ruined tents/houses.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 9:7:

• Kupsabiny: “The days in which you shall be punished are coming.
  Those are the days in which you shall get what you deserve.
  You people of Israel should know this word/matter.
  You think that a prophet is stupid.
  You say that I have lost my mind
  me who was filled with the Spirit.
  I am doing like this
  because your (plur.) sin is very great
  and you are amazingly rebellious.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The time of punishment has arrived, it has come.
  The time for them to pay for their sins has come,
  Israel will know it.
  By reason of your many sins
  and your great hostility,
  the prophets seem to you like fools and
  people who are full of the spirit like insane people.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘Those from-Israel, the time has- now -come that you (plur.) are to-be-punished, the time that you (plur.) will-be-revenged for what- you (plur.) -have-done. And you (plur.) will- surely -know that it has- already -come. You (plur.) say about me that, ‘That prophet is a fool! He that is-empowered by the spirit is a madman/[lit. bad head]!’ That is what you (plur.) are-saying to me because many are your (plur.) sins and you (plur.) are very angry with me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “It is now the time for Yahweh to punish you,
  to pay you back for all the sins that you have committed.
  You people will soon know that.
  You have committed very many sins,
  and you very much hate Yahweh.
  You consider that the prophets are foolish,
  and you think that those who proclaim messages from him are crazy.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 9:8:

• Kupsabiny: “God appointed a prophet to become the guardian of Ephraim,
  but traps are set for him on every path
  And he is even hated in the Home of his God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The prophet, together with my God
  are also ones who keep watch over Ephraim,
  yet traps are being set up on all his path
  and there are enemies even in the temple of his God.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “As a prophet, my God is along-with me to watch/guard you (plur.) from-Israel. But whenever I go you (plur.) wanted to harm me; as-if I am like a bird that you (plur.) wanted to trap. The people in Israel, that my God is-considering his place-of-dwelling are angry with me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “My God appointed me and the other prophets
  to be like watchmen to warn you people of Israel,
  but everywhere that we go, it is as though people set traps for us
  and people are hostile to us, even in the temple of our God.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Kupsabiny: “They have entered themselves into bad greed
  the way it was in Gibeah.
  God will think of their evil
  and punish them for their sins.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Like in the days of Gibeah,
  they have greatly corrupted themselves.
  God will remember their deeds of iniquity,
  and He will punish them for their sin.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) are extremely very wicked, like the men before in Gibea. God will-remember your (plur.) wickedness; he will-punish you (plur.) because of your (plur.) sins.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The sins that the Israeli people have committed are as awful as what the men of Gibeah did long ago;
  so God will not forget the wicked things that they have done;
  he will punish the Israelis for all those sins.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 9:10:

• Kupsabiny: “God is saying,
  ¨On the day/When I found the people of Israel,
  it was like if a person finds grapes in a desert land.
  I rejoiced over your grandfathers long ago
  like one rejoice over
  the first figs.
  But when they came to Peor.
  they worshipped Baal, the detestable idol.
  Then those people became bad
  as that thing which they loved.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “O Israel, when I met you for the very first time
  it was for me like finding grapes that had sprouted in the wilderness.
  When I first saw your ancestors
  it was like seeing the first figs that had grown on the fig tree.
  But when they reached Baal-peor
  they consecrated themselves to shameful idols.
  They became as repulsive as the idols they worshipped. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD said, ‘Those from-Israel, when I chose your (plur.) ancestors to become my people, I was very pleased. It was-if like a man who was very happy when he saw a grape growing in the desert or when he saw the first fruit of a fig. But when they go to Baal Peor, they dedicated their lives to the shameful little-god and they became as ugly as that little-god which they love.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Yahweh says, ‘When I first started to do things to help Israel,
  it seemed to me as though I had found grapes in the desert.
  Your ancestors were delightful,
  like the first figs that grow on fig trees each year.
  But when they came to Peor Mountain,
  they worshiped that disgusting idol Baal,
  and they became as disgusting as the idol that they loved.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 9:11:

• Kupsabiny: “The greatness of Ephraim will come to an end
  like a bird that has flown away.
  Their wives will not become pregnant
  and they will not give birth.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The glory of Ephraim will fly away like a bird,
  Because none of your women will give birth to a child,
  nor even become pregnant
  nor be able to conceive.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Those from-Israel, your (plur.) greatness will-vanish/disappear as-if-like a bird that flew. Your (plur.) women can- no -longer become-pregnant and give-birth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The things that cause Israel to be great will disappear
  like a bird that flies away;
  most of their women will not become pregnant or give birth to children.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 9:12:

• Kupsabiny: “Even if they rear children,
  I shall kill them all!
  How bad it will be for those people
  if/when I turn my back on them!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Even if they give birth to a child and it grows up,
  I will take that child,
  Alas! What sorrow for them
  when I turn away from them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Even if they can-give-birth, I will-take-away all their children and you (plur.) will-mourn. You (plur.) are very pitiful when I leave you (plur.) now.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Even if their children are born and start to grow up,
  I will cause all of them to die while they are still young.
  Terrible things will happen to them
  when I abandon them!” (Source: Translation for Translators)