E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ruth 1:19
Beth-lehem = House of bread. read more
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E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ruth 1:19
NAOMI AND RUTH ARRIVE IN BETHLEHEM"So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass that when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and the women said, Is this Naomi? And she said unto them, call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and Jehovah hath brought me home again empty; why call ye me Naomi? seeing Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me. So Naomi... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ruth 1:19
19-22. all the city was moved about them—The present condition of Naomi, a forlorn and desolate widow, presented so painful a contrast to the flourishing state of prosperity and domestic bliss in which she had been at her departure. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ruth 1:19-21
D. Naomi’s weak faith 1:19-21Naomi had experienced both blessing and loss since she had left Bethlehem. When she returned home she chose to emphasize her hardships. She had forgotten God’s faithfulness and His promises to bless all Israel (Genesis 12:1-3; Genesis 12:7), her tribe in particular (Genesis 49:8-12), and all the godly in Israel (Deuteronomy 5:7-10). But her emptiness (Ruth 1:21) was only temporary. Her pessimism at this point contrasts with Ruth’s optimism (Ruth 1:16-18)."In Israel,... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 1:1-22
The Exile and the Return of Naomi1. 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, in the days here referred to, was a fertile, highly cultivated country. Travellers still speak of it as a land of streams. Nothing short of the compulsion of famine could have induced a Hebrew to migrate into this foreign country where he would have no right of citizenship, this unclean land where... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ruth 1:19
(19) 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 journeying cannot have been less than fifty miles. Thus, weary and travel-stained, they reach Bethlehem, and neighbours, doubtless never looking to see Naomi again, are all astir with excitement. It would seem that though the news of the end of the famine had reached Naomi in Moab, news of her... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ruth 1:1-22
Ruth 1:4 We strain our eyes to know something of the long line of the purple hills of Moab, which form the background at once of the history and of the geography of Palestine. It is a satisfaction to feel that there is one tender association which unites them with the familiar history and scenery of Judaea that from their recesses, across the deep gulf which separates the two regions, came the gentle ancestress of David and the Messiah. Stanley. References. I. 6-22. S. Cox, The Book of Ruth,... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ruth 1:14-19
THE PARTING OF THE WAYSRuth 1:14-19WE 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 on a separate path. But decision is so difficult to many that they are glad of an excuse for self-surrender and are only too willing to be led by some authority, deferring personal choice as long as possible. Let an ecclesiastic or a strong-minded companion lay down for them the law of right and... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ruth 1:19-22
IN THE FIELD OF BOAZRuth 1:19-22; Ruth 2:1-23WEARY 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 as if it had been yesterday the season of terrible famine and the departure of the emigrants. Now the women lingering at the well, when they see the strangers approaching, say as they look in the face of the elder one, "Is this Naomi?" What a change is here! With husband and sons, hoping for... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ruth 1:1-22
1:1-22 TEN YEARS OF HARDSHIP IN MOABWhen a severe famine struck Israel, Elimelech took his wife Naomi and their two sons across the Jordan and south to the land of Moab, in the hope of finding a living there. But Elimelech died, and within ten years his two sons, who had married Moabite wives, died also (1:1-5).Naomi saw no future for herself in Moab, so, upon hearing that the famine in Israel had passed, she decided to return home. Her daughters-in-law loved her and decided to go with her to... read more