John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 105:33

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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He smote their vines also, and their fig trees, etc.] So that they died; for in (<197847>Psalm 78:47), it is said, he “killed” them; and it is not only used in common speech with us, but with classical writers f1509 to speak of killing inanimate things, as trees, herbs, etc. 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, (<020925>Exodus 9:25).

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