Verse 33
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 F2 "----interice messes", Virgil. Georgic. l. 4. "Neque herbas crescere et interfici", Ciceron. Oeconom: ex Xenophon, l. 3. 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 .
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