It may be necessary to identify they as “The officials” (Good News Translation, Die Bibel im heutigen Deutsch) and to place the two verbs went and put in the order in which they happen (see Good News Translation).

Scroll is the noun used in verse 6.

Elishama: See verses 12, 21. He is mentioned only in this passage in the Old Testament.

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Jeremiah. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2003. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .