He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Vineyards. Herodotus (i. 77.) says, the Egyptians use "ale, because they have no vines. "But he is contradicted by Athenæus
Trees. Hebrew shikmoth, is supposed to mean sycamore trees. (Calmet)