Psalms 105:33

33 God destroyed their vines and their fig trees; shattered the trees of their countryside.

Psalms 105:33 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 105:33

He smote their vines also, and their fig trees
So that they died; for in ( Psalms 78:47 ) , it is said, he "killed" them; and it is not only used in common speech with us, but with classical writers ^F2 to speak of killing inanimate things, as trees, herbs That is, the hail smote them, or God by the hail; these are particularly mentioned because most useful, producing grapes and figs.

And brake the trees of their coasts:
all the trees within the borders of their land, ( Exodus 9:25 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 "----interice messes", Virgil. Georgic. l. 4. "Neque herbas crescere et interfici", Ciceron. Oeconom: ex Xenophon, l. 3.

Psalms 105:33 In-Context

31 God spoke, and the insects came— gnats throughout their whole country!

32 God turned their rain into hail along with lightning flashes throughout their land.

33 God destroyed their vines and their fig trees; shattered the trees of their countryside.

34 God spoke, and the locusts came— countless grasshoppers came!

35 They devoured all the plants in their land; they devoured the fruit of their soil.