complete verse (Jeremiah 3:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 3:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “Please (sing.) look to the top of the hills. Is there even one place where you have not wandered like an unfaithful wife? You have been sitting by the road waiting for a man, or like when an enemy lies in wait for people in the desert. You have defiled the land with your adultery.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Look-at the clear mountains place-where- you (plur.) -worship. Is there still a place there that you (plur.) have- not -defiled? You (plur.) defiled the land because of your (plur.) worshipping the little-gods/false-gods and in your (plur.) wickedness. You (plur.) are like a woman who sells her body, who sits beside the road waiting for a man/[lit. male]. You (plur.) also like a loafer waiting for his victim in the desolate-place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Look up at the barren hilltops.
    On every hilltop there are idols that you have worshiped.
    It is as though they are all lovers with whom you have had sex.
    It is as though you have sat along the roadsides like an Arab, waiting to attack and steal things from those who pass by.
    Because of worshiping idols and all the other wicked things that you have done,
    you have caused the entire land to become unacceptable to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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