Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 17:15:

• Kupsabiny: “Those people despised the wishes/commands of God and his covenant which he made with their forefathers. They also despised everything which God said to them wanting that they would keep away from idols. They became fools and followed the deeds of the communities which were their neighbors.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “They did not obey His commands, they scorned the covenant He had sealed with their ancestors and the warning He had given them. They followed useless idols, and thus they also became useless. They did like the neighboring nations. Yet the LORD spoke to them like this, "The command has been given that you are not to do like they do." Yet they did the very work which the LORD said not to do.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They rejected his decrees/things-that-should-be- followed and the covenant that he made with their ancestors, and they considered-nothing his warnings to them. They followed the worthless little-gods, and they became worthless also. They followed the nations around them even-though the LORD commanded them that they were- not -to-follow. They really did the things the LORD had-forbidden them to do.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “They rejected Yahweh’s laws and the agreement that he had made with their ancestors. They ignored Yahweh’s warnings. They worshiped worthless idols and as a result they themselves became worthless. Although Yahweh had commanded them not to imitate the evil behavior of the people-groups that lived near them, they disobeyed that command.” (Source: Translation for Translators)