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: LAM 3:40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
LAM 3:41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the
heavens.
LAM 3:42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not
pardoned.
LAM 3:43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast
slain, thou hast not pitied.
LAM 3:44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should
not pass through.
LAM 3:45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst
of the people.
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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: before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of
my sight, and let them go forth.
JER 15:2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither
shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such
as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword;
and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the
captivity, to the captivity.
JER 15:3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the
sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and
the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
JER 15:4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the
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