Explain the following line with suitable context: "The wind of the last day blew through his mind, his sins, the jewel-eyed harlots of his...

There is
much in way of excesses in chapter three of Joyce's . John Blades suggests that chapter three is
a chapter of "excess."  The sins that Stephen engages in are viewed in an excessive
manner, coupled by the sermons that Stephen hears and internalizes.  Stephen engages in excess
sin and excessive repentance for what he has done.  It is in this context in which Stephen
understands the nature of his being in light of the "day of judgment:"

The preacher's knife had probed deeply into his disclosed
conscience and he felt now that his soul was festering in sin. Yes, the preacher was right.
God's turn had come. Like a beast in its lair his soul had lain...