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Psalms 78:47

Psalms 78:47
He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

He gave up their cattle also to the hail,.... For the hail fell upon man and beast, as well as upon herbs and trees, Exo 9:22,

and their flocks to hot thunderbolts: which were killed by them: this…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

He destroyed their vines with hail - Margin, killed. See Exo 9:22-26. In the account in Exodus the hail is said to have smitten man and beast, the herb, and the tree of the field. In the psalm only…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 78:40-72

The matter and scope of this paragraph are the same with the former, showing what great mercies God had bestowed upon Israel, how provoking they had been, what judgments he had brought upon them for…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

He killed their vines &c. The seventh plague, Exo 9:13 ff. Cp. Psa 105:33. Grapes and figs are among the fruits frequently represented in paintings in Egyptian tombs. The sycomore was and is one of…

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