Bible Strands
Psalms 105:33
He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist recounts Yahweh’s judgment on Egypt, placing this event immediately after a hailstorm and directly before a locust invasion.
The words — The text highlights וַ/יַּ֣ךְ (va/i.Yakh), meaning "and he struck down," and וַ֝/יְשַׁבֵּ֗ר (va/y.sha.Ber), meaning "and he broke down," to describe the physical destruction of vegetation.
The thread — Psalms 78:47 parallels this event by attributing the destruction of vines and fig trees to hail and sleet, while Revelation 9:4 contrasts it by forbidding harm to plants except for those without God's seal.
Why it lands — The passage records a targeted agricultural devastation to demonstrate that natural resources operate under divine command, requiring the reader to recognize that earthly sustenance is subject to sovereign judgment rather than human entitlement.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
Cross-references
- Psalms 78:47 He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
- Revelation 9:4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.