Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Ruth 1:19
Is this she that formerly lived in so much plenty and honour? Oh how marvellously is her condition changed, that she is returned in this forlorn and desolate condition!
Is this she that formerly lived in so much plenty and honour? Oh how marvellously is her condition changed, that she is returned in this forlorn and desolate condition!
Verse Ruth 1:19. _ALL THE CITY WAS MOVED ABOUT THEM_] It appears that Naomi was not only well known, but highly respected also at Bethlehem; a proof that Elimelech was of high consideration in that pl...
AND THEY SAID - i. e. the women of Bethlehem said. “They” in the Hebrew is feminine....
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...
BETH-LEHEM. House of bread....
_all the city was moved] was in a stir_; so 1 Samuel 4:5; 1 Kings 1:45 (-rang again"). Beth-lehem was a small place; Naomi's return without her husband and sons could not escape notice; it aroused kee...
DISCOURSE: 279 THE CHANGES MADE BY TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCES Ruth 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 _see...
_Ruth's Arrival in Bethlehem Ruth 1:19-22_ 19 So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they s...
_SO THEY TWO WENT UNTIL THEY CAME TO BETHLEHEM. AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THEY WERE COME TO BETHLEHEM, THAT ALL THE CITY WAS MOVED ABOUT THEM, AND THEY SAID, IS THIS NAOMI?_ All the city was moved ab...
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...
THEY WENT. — The journey for two women apparently alone was long and toilsome, and not free from danger. Two rivers, Arnon and Jordan, had to be forded or otherwise crossed; and the distance of actual...
וַ תֵּלַ֣כְנָה שְׁתֵּיהֶ֔ם עַד ־בֹּאָ֖נָה בֵּ֣ית לָ֑חֶם...
IN THE FIELD OF BOAZ Ruth 1:19; Ruth 2:1 WEARY and footsore the two travellers reached Bethlehem at length, and "all the city was moved about them." Though ten years had elapsed, many yet remembered...
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...
So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was (h) moved about them, and they said, [Is] this Naomi? (h) By which it appea...
_That Noemi. This exclamation might proceed either from surprise, or from contempt. (Menochius)_...
So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi? Such is the surprise wheneve...
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 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...
SO THEY TWO WENT UNTIL THEY CAME TO BETHLEHEM,.... Went on their way directly till they came to it, without lingering or staying by the way, at least not unnecessarily, and not for any time; and they...
So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, [Is] this Naomi? Ver. 19. _So they two wen...
_Is this Naomi?_ Is this she that formerly lived in so much plenty and honour? How marvellously is her condition changed! _Call me not Naomi_ Which signifies _pleasant_, and _cheerful. Call me Mara_ W...
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...
THE RETURN OF NAOMI WITH RUTH...
So they two went until they came to Bethlehem, the end of their journey. AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THEY WERE COME TO BETHLEHEM, THAT ALL THE CITY WAS MOVED ABOUT THEM, there was great excitement on ac...
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...
19-22 Naomi and Ruth came to Bethlehem. Afflictions will make great and surprising changes in a little time. May God, by his grace, fit us for all such changes, especially the great change!, Naomi si...
Ruth 1:19 two H8147 went H3212 (H8799) came H935 (H8800) Bethlehem H1035 come H935 (H8800) Bethlehem...
‘ So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came about, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and the women said, “Is this Naomi?” The impression give...
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...
_So they two went until they came to Bethlehem._ CONSTANCY I. That they are to be admitted into our fellowship whom we find to be constant in a good course, and true lovers of goodness, whatsoever th...
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 1:19 THE WHOLE TOWN WAS STIRRED. This may mean the people of Bethlehem were excited about the arrival of Ruth. More likely, it means they were concerned to see Naomi returning from M...
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...
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...
Isaiah 23:7; Lamentations 2:15; Matthew 21:10...
Is this — Is this she that formerly lived in so much plenty and honour? How marvelously is her condition changed?...