807. [verse 3] 'And a second time they said, Hallelujah, her smoke goes up for ages of ages' signifies thanksgiving and celebration of the Lord for joy that that profane form of religion has been condemned for ever. That 'they said a second time' results from the varying affection of joy, that they have been liberated from infestation on the part of those who were in that religion, also out of fear of their rising and infesting them again. That by 'Hallelujah' is signified thanksgiving and celebration of the Lord may be seen above (n. 803). By 'her smoke' is signified that form of religion as to its dreadful falsities, since untruths derived from evil appear as smoke from fire (n. 422), the fire there being the love of self (n. 468 end, 494, 766). By 'the smoke of her burning', where it treats of Babylon, is signified profanation (n. 766, 767). By 'to go up for ages of ages' is signified her damnation for ever.