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: sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
EZE 21:10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished
that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of
my son, as every tree.
EZE 21:11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled:
this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand
of the slayer.
EZE 21:12 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it
shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword
shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.
EZE 21:13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from King James Bible: destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
HOS 13:15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall
come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his
spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall
spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
HOS 13:16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against
her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in
pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
HOS 14:1 O israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen
by thine iniquity.
HOS 14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take
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The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from King James Bible: our days as of old.
LAM 5:22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against
us. EZE 1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth
month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the
river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
EZE 1:2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king
Jehoiachin's captivity,
EZE 1:3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest,
the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and
the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
EZE 1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from King James Bible: the burning fiery furnace.
DAN 3:22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the
furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took
up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
DAN 3:23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell
down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
DAN 3:24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in
haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three
men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the
king, True, O king.
DAN 3:25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the
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