Just as the witches were burnt in effigy, so also the demons were supposed to be similarly dispelled. Immediately following the incantation comes one directed against the demons:
I raise the torch, their images I burn,
Of the utukku, the shedu, the rabisu, the ekimmu,
The labartu, the labasi, the akhkhasu,
Of lilu and lilitu and ardat lili,
And every evil that seizes hold of men.
Tremble, melt away, and disappear!
May your smoke rise to heaven,
May Shamash destroy your limbs,
May the son of Ea [i.e., may the fire-god],