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He struck their vines and also their fig trees, And shattered the trees of their country.
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God's Precise Judgment
Commentators explain that this plague was not random. By destroying Egypt's vines and fig trees, God was striking at their key sources of sustenance and pleasure. The psalm emphasizes the totality of the judgment, noting that God 'brake the trees of their borders,' showing the comprehensive nature of His power against those who oppressed His people.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
See an account of these plagues in Exodus 6–11. Compare Psalms 78:43-51. This is mostly a mere enumeration of the plagues in the order in which the…
19th Century
Baptist
There is great sublimity in this expression. God had only to speak, and whole battalions of devouring locusts and caterpillars seemed to leap out o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He smote their vines also, and their fig trees So that they died; for in (Psalms 78:47), it is said, he …
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