Archaeologist Philip J. King writes regarding scribes in Jeremiah's day: "Scribes, members of a professional class, were prominent in Judah during the late seventh and early sixth centuries B.C.E. . . .
Malunghana ni vatsari va le nkarhini wa Yeremiya, mutivi wa vuyimburi Philip J. King u tsarile: "Vatsari, swirho swa ntlawa lowu nga ni vutshila, a va dumile eYuda eku heleni ka lembe-xidzana ra vunkombo ni le ku sunguleni ka lembe-xidzana ra vutsevu B.C.E. . . .