complete verse (2 Kings 23:27)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 23:27:

  • Kupsabiny: “It is like that because God had said, ‘I will destroy Judah like Israel and I refuse the city of Jerusalem that I had chosen and my house that I had said I would live in.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The LORD said, "Just as I drove Israel out completely, in the same way I will also drive Judah out from before me. Then Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen, and that temple concerning which I said that ‘my name would be there,’ against that I will raise my hand. ‘” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Therefore the LORD said, ‘I will-cause- the ones from-Juda -to-depart/leave at their place away-from my presence just-as what I did to those from-Israel. I will-forsake Jerusalem, the city that I chose, including this temple of which I said that I would-be-honored here.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He said, ‘I will do to Judah what I have done to Israel. I will banish the people of Judah, with the result that they will never enter my presence again. And I will reject Jerusalem, the city that I chose to belong to me, and I will abandon the temple, the place where I said that I should be worshiped.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)