Psalm - 105:33

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33 He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.

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Explanation and meaning of Psalm 105:33.

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He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
He smote their vines also and their fig-trees, And brake the trees of their borders.
And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.
And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees of their borders.
And He smiteth their vine and their fig, And shivereth the trees of their border.
He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and broke the trees of their coasts.
He gave their vines and their fig-trees to destruction, and the trees of their land were broken down.

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Historical Commentaries

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He smote their vines also, and their fig trees - This is not mentioned in Exodus; but we have had it before, Psalm 78:47.

He smote their vines also, and their fig trees,.... So that they died; for in Psalm 78:47, it is said, he "killed" them; and it is not only used in common speech with us, but with classical writers (b) to speak of killing inanimate things, as trees, herbs, &c. 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.
(b) "----interice messes", Virgil. Georgic. l. 4. "Neque herbas crescere et interfici", Ciceron. Oeconom: ex Xenophon, l. 3.

their coasts--all their land (Psalm 78:54).

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