And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up forever and ever.
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Bede
AD 735
Alleluia: The Church extols the Lord for His judgements with unceasing love. For Alleluia signifies, "Praise ye the Lord." Lastly, the Psalms which have for the beginning, "Praise ye the Lord," begin in the Hebrew with Alleluia.
rises up: "Rises up," he says, not "will rise up." But Babylon always goes into perdition, and is in part already burning, while Jerusalem passes into paradise, as the Lord manifests in the poor man and the rich. <a
