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From the wilderness; whence the fiercest winds came, as having most power in such open places. See Jer_4:11 13:24.
Smote the four corners; in which the chief strength of the house did consist. It smote these either all together, or rather successively, one immediately after another, being possibly a whirlwind, which comes violently and suddenly, whirling about in a circle, and being driven about by the power of the devil, which is very great.
The young men; his sons in their youth, and his daughters also, as appears from the sequel.