The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 1:3-5
"In these words," says Fuller, "we have two marriages ushered and followed by funerals." read more
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
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The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 1:4
And they took to themselves wives of the women of Moab. It was their own act. Josephus, reproducing the narrative from memory, represents the event as occurring in the father's lifetime, and as brought about by his arrangement. He says of Elimelech, "Coming into the territory of Moab, he sojourns there, and, things prospering according to his mind, he gives in marriage to his sons ( ἄγεται τοῖς υἱοῖς ) Moabitish wives." Theological critics have here again raised the question, Was it... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 1:4
Marriage. The notes of time found in this narrative are meager. It is not easy to decide to what the "ten years "here mentioned refer. After the death of Elimelech, the two sons were spared to be the occupation and the solace of the widow's life. Naomi saw them grow up to manhood. Then the young men "took them wives of the women of Moab." I. MARRIAGE IS LAWFUL BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT NATIONS . There was nothing in the law of Moses to prevent these young men from... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 1:4-5
A foreign land. "And they dwelled there about ten years." Memorable years! Marriages and births had given place to separation and bereavement. Elimelech the father died; so also did the two sons Mahlon and Chillon. Thus we have the sad picture of three widows. I. WE CAN FLY FROM FAMINE , BUT NOT FROM DEATH . We need not enter upon the argument of some expositors, as to whether Elimelech did right to leave Bethlehem; whether by famine is not meant insufficiency of... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 1:5
And , to make a long story short, Machlon and Chillon died also both of them. "Like green apples," says Fuller, "cudgelled off the tree." But why "cudgelled?" There is no evidence in the text of Divine displeasure, and the Christian expositor, when going beyond the text in quest of principles, should not forget the tower of Siloam, and the victims of Pilate s bloodthirstiness (see Luke 13:1-5 ). And the woman was left of her two children and of her husband. That is, "of her two... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 1:5
Double desolation. In the happiness of her children Naomi would revive the happy years of her own early married life. But the bright sky was soon clouded over by the shadow of death. Perhaps inheriting their father's constitution, her sons died in early manhood. She became a childless widow. Three widows were in one house, each bearing in her silent heart her own burden of grief. I. SOME ARE CALLED UPON TO ENDURE REPEATED BEREAVEMENTS . Households there are which have... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 1:6
EXPOSITION Then —the conjunction in Hebrew is the common generic copulative and— she arose. She had been sitting , as it were, where her husband had settled, and she now rose up to depart (see Ruth 1:4 ). She, and her daughters-in, law. The word for "her daughters-in-law—" כַּלּתֶיהָ —is literally "her brides," that is, the brides of her sons. That she might return—an admirable rendering into English idiom. The phrase in the original is simply "and she returned," that is,... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 1:6-7
Home returning. "Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return. And they went on their way to return." Home again! The first step is everything! "She arose." It was all well with the prodigal when he did that. Not simply when he said, "I will arise;" but when be arose and went to his father. Directly the eye and the heart and the step agree, then the whole is settled. We read nothing of the preliminaries of departure. Who does not know the power of the loadstone when it... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 1:6-14
Longing for the old home. Brings to view I. NAOMI 'S RESOLUTION . No wonder that she formed it; for— 1. The ties that bound her to the land of Moab had been snapped by the hand of death. In the death of her husband there was the disruption of the house-band . In the deaths of her two sons who had become husbands , the only other bands or bonds that could keep together for Naomi a home in Moab were burst. Matthew Henry says, "The land of Moab was now become a... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 1:3
Widowhood. In the country of Moab Elimelech and his family found a home. A period of repose seems to have been granted them. They learned to reconcile themselves to new scenes and associations. But life is full of vicissitude. "Boast not thyself of tomorrow." O, to live as those whose treasure and whose heart are above! "Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left." A brief, pathetic record! I. The widow's SORROW . The observation of all, the experience of some hearers, may... read more