The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from King James Bible: recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon
your own head;
JOE 3:5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried
into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
JOE 3:6 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have
ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their
border.
JOE 3:7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold
them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
JOE 3:8 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of
the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a
 King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from King James Bible: offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it;
JOS 22:24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing,
saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children,
saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?
JOS 22:25 For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye
children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so
shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.
JOS 22:26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar,
not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
JOS 22:27 But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our
generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before
 King James Bible |