And Ruth said, as the climax of a scene of wonderful delicacy and unequaled tenderness, in a rivalry of affection which is without a parallel in human annals, 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;
Verse Ruth 1:16. _AND RUTH SAID_] A more perfect surrender was never made of friendly feelings to a friend: _I will not leave thee _- I will follow thee: _I will lodge where thou lodgest _- take the...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS CHAPTER 1 The Story of Naomi: Orpah and Ruth _ 1. Naomi and her sorrows (Ruth 1:1)_ 2. The return (Ruth 1:6) 3. Orpah turning back, Ruth cleaving (Ruth 1:14) 4. Naomi and...
RUTH AND NAOMI. Bethlehem ceased for a time to be what its name signified a house of bread. Under stress of famine Elimelech, with his wife Naomi, left his Judæ an home, and went to sojourn in the lan...
DISCOURSE: 278 THE CHARACTER OF RUTH Ruth 1:15. _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, Entre...
_Ruth's Determination to Remain With Naomi Ruth 1:8-18_ 8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go return each to her mother's house: the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the d...
_AND THEY LIFTED UP THEIR VOICE, AND WEPT AGAIN: AND ORPAH KISSED HER MOTHER IN LAW; BUT RUTH CLAVE UNTO HER._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE EXILE AND THE RETURN OF NAOMI 1. Beth-lehem-judah] two hours' journey S. of Jerusalem, is to be distinguished from Bethlehem in Zebulun (Joshua 19:15). It was but a short distance from Moab, which...
THERE IS A *REDEEMER BOOK OF RUTH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are notes on the Bible text. JESUS SAID, ‘THE SON OF MAN CAME TO GIVE HIS LIFE TO *REDEEM MANY PEOPLE’ (MATTHEW 20:28). (‘SON O...
INTREAT ME NOT. — Ruth’s nobleness is proof against all. The intensity of her feeling comes out all the more strongly now that she pleads alone: “I will undertake with thee the toilsome journey, I wil...
וַ תֹּ֤אמֶר רוּת֙ אַל ־תִּפְגְּעִי ־בִ֔י לְ
THE PARTING OF THE WAYS Ruth 1:14 WE journey along with others for a time, enjoying their fellowship and sharing their hopes, yet with thoughts and dreams of our own that must sooner or later send us...
LOVE'S STEADFAST CHOICE Ruth 1:15 This young woman was to be an ancestor of David and in the line of our Lord's descent. Moabite though she was by birth, Ruth was designated for the high honor of int...
The Book of Ruth stands in striking contrast to the Book of Judges and yet is closely connected with it. In Judges the national outlook has been presented and so dark has it been as to create the impr...
Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me. In what sweet and engaging language hath the Holy Ghost been pleased...
FROM: LECTURES INTRODUCTORY TO THE EARLIER HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. W. Kelly. That the book of Ruth stands most fitly in the place where it is actually found must have been felt by the...
_THE CHARM OF CHARACTER_ ‘Intreat me not to leave thee.’ Ruth 1:16 Now, this chapter illustrates:— I. A NOBLE INFLUENCE.—Observe the contrast. Here is Naomi bidding Ruth go home. To go with Naomi...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 4. The Book of Ruth tells us also of the days of the judges, when there was no king in Israel; but it shews us the fair side of those days, in the o...
AND RUTH SAID, ENTREAT ME NOT TO LEAVE THEE, OR TO RETURN FROM FOLLOWING AFTER THEE,.... Do not make use of any arguments to persuade me to go back: or "do not meet me", or "be against me" h; do not m...
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...
_Entreat me not to leave thee_ For all thy entreaties cannot shake that resolution which thy instructions, formerly given, have wrought in me. _Whither thou goest, I will go_ Though to a country I nev...
1 Elimelech driuen by famine into Moab, dieth there. 4 Mahlon and Chilion, hauing married wiues of Moab, die also. 6 Naomi returning homeward, 8 disswadeth her two daughters in law from going with...
DEPARTURE BECAUSE OF FAMINE (vv. 1-5) A famine was in the land of Israel. Why? Because the literal famine was to draw attention to the spiritual famine that came before it, a famine for hearing the...
INTREAT ME NOT TO LEAVE THEE: Or, Be not against me...
15-18 See Ruth's resolution, and her good affection to Naomi. Orpah was loth to part from her; yet she did not love her well enough to leave Moab for her sake. Thus, many have a value and affection f...
I renounce those idols which my sister hath returned to, and I wilt worship no other God but thine, who is indeed the only true God....
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‘ And Ruth said, “Do not entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people will be my people, and your God my...
RUTH 1-4 The Book of Ruth is a love-story told in four Chapter s. 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...
CONTENTS: Naomi departs from Moab and returns with Ruth to Bethlehem. CHARACTERS: God, Naomi, Ruth, Orpah, Elimelech, Mahlon, Chilion. CONCLUSION: When we take God for our Father we must take His pe...
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 na...
_Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return._ RUTH AND NAOMI I. Every person is tested. Sooner or later, but certainly. The tests will vary in severity with the cases. In every case they w...
RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 1:6 Scene 1: Naomi Returns to Bethlehem with Ruth. This first scene relates Ruth’s kindness in returning with Naomi to Bethlehem. ⇐...
RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 1:16 YOUR PEOPLE SHALL BE MY PEOPLE, AND YOUR GOD MY GOD. Ruth understood that her decision would mean accepting Naomi’s God, since gods and territory went together (compare...
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._)....
EXPOSITION RUTH 1:15 AND SHE SAID, BEHOLD, THY SISTER-IN-LAW IS GONE BACK TO HER PEOPLE, AND TO HER GODS: RETURN THOU AFTER THY SISTER-IN-LAW. The expression that stands in King James's version thus,...
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...
1 Thessalonians 1:9; 2 Corinthians 6:16; 2 Kings 2:2; 2 Samuel 15:21;...
RUTH, THE MOABITESS Ruth 1:6 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A study in genealogy. In the last chapter of the Book of Ruth beginning with Ruth 1:17 we read that marvelous announcement, "There is a son born to...
RUTH AND ORPAH Ruth 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have before us today the story of two characters which were alike in many particulars, and yet, so vitally different and distinct in others. 1. THE TWO...