Out of the south comes the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Parts. The south, (chap. ix. 9.) whence storms commonly came in that country, (Calmet) from the sea or desert of Idumea. (Haydock) (Psalm lxxvii. 26., and Zacharias ix. 14., and Isaias xxi. 1.)
North wind or pole. (Worthington)
Yet the south seems to be designated; (ver. 17., and chap. xxxviii. 32.) though cold comes from the north, in Idumea as well as here. (Calmet)
Mezarim, is rendered by Protestants "north. "Marginal note, "scattering winds. "Septuagint akroterion, "summits "of mountains.