Appended as a sixth chapter, this is the Letter of Jeremiah, written as counsel to those about to be carried to Babylon, warning them not to fear or worship the idols they will meet there. Point by point, the letter mocks the gods of wood, silver, and gold, decked in fine garments yet unable to see, speak, or save themselves, robbed by their own priests, gathering dust and cobwebs, and carried about because they cannot walk. A refrain returns again and again, that these things are no gods and are not to be feared, and the letter concludes that the righteous man who keeps no idol is far better off, being spared such reproach. Guarding the exiles against the pull of pagan worship, the chapter presses home the book's call to cling to the living God alone amid a foreign land.