complete verse (Jeremiah 27:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 27:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “And as soon as Zedekiah son of Josiah of Judah started ruling, God said to me, ‘Prepare leather strips and a yoke and put it on your neck.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When Zedekia the child of Josia had- just recently -reigned in Juda, the LORD said to me, ‘Jeremias, you (plur.) make a yoke and a leather/[lit. skin] rope-used-with/for-yoke and hitch/fasten (it) to your (sing.) neck.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “This is what he said to me: ‘Make a yoke/set of wooden bars to fasten around the neck of an ox, but fasten it around your own neck with leather straps.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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