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C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Ruth 1:1

famine (See Scofield " :-") . Bethlehemjudah House of Bread and Praise. read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Ruth 1:16

DECIDING FOR GOD Ruth 1:16 by C. H. Spurgeon “And Ruth said, Intreat 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” ( Ruth 1:16 ). This was a very brave, outspoken confession of faith. Please to notice that it was made by a woman, a young woman, a poor woman, a widow woman, and a foreigner. Remembering all that, I should think there is no condition... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ruth 1:1-22

Shall we turn now to the book of Ruth?As we were studying the book of Judges last week, we pointed out that at the end of chapter sixteen, the end of the story of Samson, you actually came to the end of the history part of the book of Judges. What followed in chapter seventeen and onto the end were a couple of incidents, or scenes, that took place during the time of the Judges, just to show that it was a time of spiritual confusion and moral decay as far as the nation was concerned. When the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ruth 1:1-22

Ruth 1:1 . When the judges ruled, about a hundred years before the birth of David. Famines were mostly occasioned by want of rain. Ruth 1:2 . Ephrathites; not Ephraimites, but of Ephrath, the old name of Bethlehem: Ruth 4:11. Genesis 35:19. The name of Elimelech’s wife was Naomi, beautiful. Ruth 1:20 . The Almighty. שׁדי Shaddai, the Almighty; the self-sufficient being can repair all my calamities. Ruth 1:22 . The barley harvest. See on Deuteronomy 11:14. REFLECTIONS. Famine... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:1

Ruth 1:1In the days when the judges ruled.The transition from Judges to RuthLeaving the Book of Judges and opening the story of Ruth, we pass from vehement out-door life, from tempest and trouble, into quiet domestic scenes. After an exhibition of the greater movements of a people we are brought, as it were, to a cottage interior in the soft light of an autumn evening, to obscure lives passing through the cycles of loss and comfort, affection and sorrow. We have seen the ebb and flow of a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:2

Ruth 1:2They came into the country of Moab, and continued there.Lessons from the conduct of Elimelech and Naomi1. Learn from the change in the circumstances of Naomi’s husband not to trust in the uncertain possessions of this world. You may now be wealthy and respectable among your neighbours and acquaintances; a few years or months may reduce you to a condition of discomfort, if not of poverty and indigence.2. Learn from the consequences of the step taken by Elimelech, the peril of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:3

Ruth 1:3Elimelech, Naomi’s husband died.The death of ElimelechHe went first from Israel, the land of the living, and led them thence, and so he now goeth out of the world before them.I. Death is the end of all, and it spareth none (Joshua 23:14; Job 21:33; Ecclesiastes 6:6; Ecc 7:2; 1 Corinthians 15:51; Hebrews 9:27).II. A full supply of bodily wants cannot prevent death. The man must die in Moab, where was food enough; the rich glutton must die also, and the rich man with his barn full.III.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:4

Ruth 1:4They took them wives of the women of Moab. Sinful marriagesThe sin of these young men in marrying strange women is not expressly denounced as a sin in the story, although it is denounced in the Targum, which commences Ruth 1:4 thus: “They transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and took foreign wives from among the daughters of Moab.” But no one can read the Old Testament without feeling that they sinned against the law, for to the Hebrews marriage was a religious covenant; and St.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:5

Ruth 1:5Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them.Bereavement a blessingWhat a melancholy collapse it all had been! For those so dear to her, death; for herself, solitude--the woman was left of her two sons and her husband. And yet what a marvellous blessing bereavement not only may be but often is. Surrounded by those who make up to us our world, we are slow to raise our eyes above or beyond them, or to realise that we have any need which they are incapable of supplying; but when they are... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 1:6

Ruth 1:6She arose . . . that she might return. Homeward longingsObserve--1. God’s house of worldly correction is to God’s people a school of heavenly instruction. Naomi’s crosses and losses she met with in Moab made her soul to sit loose from that cursed country, and to long for Canaan--that blessed land of promise. God’s rod hath a voice (Micah 6:9), and now Naomi’s ear was open to hear the instruction of it (Job 36:8-10; Micah 2:10). It is a rich mercy when affliction brings us from worse... read more

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