403. [At the end, after the explanation of Jer. 50:1-13:]

8263. There are those who are called Babel in several senses, as well as those who are the worst Baals of all, and there are many degrees of them. This was made plain to me by companies of hellish spirits, who violently attacked me while I was writing these and the earlier paragraphs, pouring such black poisons into my thoughts, and if possible, also into my feelings, that they can never be described. The 9th day of February, 1747. [Baals; Babel; Spirit]