Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 5:23:

• Kupsabiny: “These people are rebels who do not listen!
  They have gone astray from where I am and gone their own way.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But these people were hard headed and rebellious. They turned-away and fled from me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But you people are not like the waves that obey me.
  You people are very stubborn and rebellious.
  You have constantly turned away from me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)