complete verse (Isaiah 14:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 14:23:

  • Kupsabiny: “I shall turn Babylon to become a country that is a muddy place
    and animals shall live there.
    I shall sweep that land with disaster/death,
    like when a broom sweeps a house.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “and I will make Babylon a place where owls live
    and swampland.
    Sweeping the earth with a broom, I will destroy all their things."
    The LORD Almighty has spoken.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-make this into a desolate-place, which has many swamplands. I will-destroy it seems-like I will-sweep- (it) -with-the-broom. I, the LORD Almighty, (am) the-(one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will cause Babylon to be a place where owls live,
    a place full of swamps;
    I will get rid of it completely
    as though I were sweeping it with a broom.
    That is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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