Psalms 105:33

33 And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees of their borders.

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 He spoke, and there came dog-flies, [and] gnats in all their borders.

32 He gave them hail for rain, [and] flaming fire in their land;

33 And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees of their borders.

34 He spoke, and the locust came, and the cankerworm, even without number;

35 And they devoured every herb in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.