Holy Scripture
Sirach 43:20
A church father on this verse
“We have been commanded to be fervent in spirit, and this shows that the Word of God is a blazing fire. And Jeremiah hears from the one who gave him oracles, "Look, I have put my words in your mouth, a fire." Therefore, since God is fire, the angels are flames of fire, and the saints should be fervent in the spirit of…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
20When the cold north wind bloweth, And the water is congealed into ice, It abideth upon every gathering together of water, And clotheth the water as with a breastplate.
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18The eye marveleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, And the heart is astonished at the raining of it.
19The hoarfrost also as salt he poureth on the earth, And being congealed, it becometh sharp peaks.
— Sirach 43:20 —
21It devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, And consumeth the grass as fire.
22A present remedy of all is a mist coming speedily: A dew coming after heat refresheth.