Psalms 105:33

33 He smote their vines also 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 divers sorts of flies and lice in all their borders.

32 He gave them hail for rain and flaming fire in their land.

33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees, and broke the trees of their borders.

34 He spoke and the locusts came, and caterpillars without number,

35 and they ate up all the herbs in their land and devoured the fruit of their ground.