Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 9:7:
- Kupsabiny: “So the God of power is saying,
‘I shall come and make them go through the fire of pain/punishment
so they can become clean.
What else is there that I can do to my people
for their great sin/disobedience?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “Therefore I, the LORD Almighty, says that I will-refine my people like a metal, and I will-test them. What else can I do with them?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Therefore I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say this:
Listen carefully to what I say: I will cause my people to experience great afflictions,
like a metalworker puts metal in a hot fire to completely burn out the impure bits.
Because of all the evil things that my people have done,
there is absolutely nothing else that I can do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
