Shīpiān 105:33

33 Tā yĕ jī dá tāmende pútàoshù hé wúhuāguǒ shù , huǐhuaì tāmen jìng neì de shùmù .

Shīpiān 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.

Shīpiān 105:33 In-Context

31 Tā shuō yī shēng , cāngying jiù chéngqún ér lái , bìng yǒu shīzi jìnrù tāmen sì jìng .

32 Tā gĕi tāmen jiàng xià bīngbaó wèi yǔ , zaì tāmende dì shang jiàng xià huǒyàn .

33 Tā yĕ jī dá tāmende pútàoshù hé wúhuāguǒ shù , huǐhuaì tāmen jìng neì de shùmù .

34 Tā shuō yī shēng , jiù yǒu huángchóng mā zhà shang lái , bù jì qí shǔ ,

35 Chī jìn le tāmen dì shang gèyàng de caìshū , hé tiándì de chūchǎn .