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Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ruth 1:8-10

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Ruth 1:8; Ruth 1:10. And Naomi said [Then said Naomi] unto. The first recorded utterance of Naomi. Cox imagines them having reached the ford of the Arnon [N. boundary of Moab], or perhaps the fords of the Jordan [E. boundary of Judah]. Go, return each. Shews that they were not natural sisters (Bernard). To her mother’s house. The mention of the mother’s house, which the separation of the women’s house or tent from that of the men facilitates, is natural.… has more... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ruth 1:11-13

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Are there yet sons? etc. In allusion to the custom of a man raising posterity to his deceased brother by taking his widow (Adam Clarke, Jarci, Wright, Keil). Probably this custom obtained among other nations (Patrick, Scott). Known among the Gentiles before it was given to Israel (Gill, Speaker’s Com.) (cf. Genesis 38:8; Genesis 38:26; Deuteronomy 25:5). That law respects a brother by the father’s side, and not by the mother’s only (Aben Ezra, Carpzov). Not... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ruth 1:14

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—And they lifted up their voice and wept again “exceedingly” (Dr. Cassel), “still more” (Luther). As in E.V. (Lange). (See on Ruth 1:9.) Much affected with the tender things Naomi had said (M. Henry) (cf. Genesis 29:11). And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law (και επεστρεψεν εις τον λαον αυτης), [and returned to her own people] (LXX.). So Vulgate, Arabic, Syriac. Unquestionably found in their MSS (Bp. Horsley). So Dathe, Houbig, Booth. Not so Wright. Lange supplies,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ruth 1:15

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—And she [Naomi] said, Behold thy sister-in-law, i.e., wife of a husband’s brother; no English word exactly answering to the original Hebrew. The same word is rendered brother’s wife (Deuteronomy 25:7; Deuteronomy 25:9), being the feminine of that rendered (ib. 7) husband’s brother (Speaker’s Com.). Unto her gods [god]. “And to her god” (Luther’s Bible). The singular is to be preferred (Lange). Adam Clarke thinks that both Orpah and Ruth had been idolaters so far.... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ruth 1:16-18

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Entreat me not—Urge me not (Lange), Force me not (Wordsworth), Be not against me (Trem. Junius, Montan. Bernard, Fuller, Wright; Vulg., Wycliffe, and, Douay Ver.). Thy people shall be [is] my people. I will be a Jewess both in country and religion (Wright). This appears to be a form of compact and union, as we may infer from Zoheir’s speech in Antar (vol. iii. 98): “If you engage, we will engage; if you fight, we will fight; if you die, we will die; yours is our... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ruth 1:19-21

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—So they two. Types of the Jewish and Gentile Churches (Macgowan). Amicitia sit inter binos qui sunt veri, et bonos qui sunt pauci (Trapp). Went. They were obliged to travel on foot (Patrick, Gill). If the more southern route was chosen, they would descend from the high table-land of Moab, cross the plain at the southwestern extremity of the Dead Sea, part of the once larger vale of Siddim, where stood the cities of the plain, the soil of which is entirely covered... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ruth 1:22

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Which returned out of the country [territories or fields] of Moab. The description by which Ruth was commonly designated [cf. Ruth 2:6]. (Speaker’s Com.). As the same expression occurs at Ruth 4:3, in connexion with Naomi, it may be supposed that it became customary to speak of Naomi and Ruth as “the returned from Moab,” or, as we should say popularly, “the returned Moabites” (Lange). Here the phrase applies to Ruth, as at Ruth 2:6, but in Ruth 4:3 to Naomi... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ruth 1:1-22

Ruth 1-4 The Book of Ruth is a love-story told in four chapters. It gives us a glimpse of everyday life in Bethlehem; in home and in harvest-field, in its general gossip and its law-suits, more than three thousand years ago. I. Glancing back over the lines of this sweet and pure pastoral idyll, we feel that rarely did human story more impressively demonstrate the unspeakable worth of lowly folk, the fine and favourable issues of seemingly suppressed lives, the hidden wealth of true and... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ruth 1:15-17

DISCOURSE: 278THE CHARACTER OF RUTHRuth 1:15-17. She (Naomi) said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister-in-law. And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ruth 1:19

DISCOURSE: 279THE CHANGES MADE BY TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCESRuth 1:19. It came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?TO seek the applause of man is wrong: but to merit it, is most desirable. A man of worthless character creates no respect in the minds of others; so that, if ill befall him, he finds but little sympathy in the bosoms of those around him: whereas a good man under misfortune, excites a general commiseration; and... read more

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