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# let us make plots against Jeremiah
"let us make plans to harm Jeremiah"
# the law will never perish from the priests, or advice from the wise men, or words from the prophets
The words "will never perish" can be supplied to each of these phrases. This can also be expressed in positive terms. AT: "the law will never perish from the priests, and advice will never perish from the wise men, and words will never perish from the prophets" or "the priests will always have the law, the wise men will always give advice, and the prophets will always speak" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
# words from the prophets
Here "words" represents messages that the prophets speak from Yahweh. AT: "words of Yahweh from the prophets" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
# attack him with our words
The people speak of speaking harmful words against Jeremiah as if their words were weapons with which they attack him. AT: "say things that will harm him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])