Psalms 105:33

33 (104-33) And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.

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 (104-31) He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts.

32 (104-32) He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land.

33 (104-33) And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.

34 (104-34) He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number.

35 (104-35) And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.