In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
Q: The Letter of Jeremiah , also known as the Epistle of Jeremiah , is a deuterocanonical book of the Old Testament ; this letter purports to have been written by Jeremiah to the Jews who were about to be carried away as captives to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar .
A:
The letter is believed to have been made by Jeremiah to the people who were to be taken prisoner into Babylon .