18 Then they said, ^p“Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, ^qfor the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. ^rCome, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”

7 For ^mthe lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people¹ should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law ^fthe embodiment of ^gknowledge and truth—