Ruth 1:19-22

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ruth 1:20

That is. The explanations are added by St. Jerome. (Haydock) --- Noemi had formerly a husband and two sons, with great riches, of which she was now deprived. (Worthington) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ruth 1:21

Almighty. Hebrew Sadai, ("the self-sufficient) hath afflicted." read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ruth 1:22

Harvest. About the month of Nisan, or our March (Calmet) and April. (Menochius) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 1:19-22

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 signifies "pleasant," or "amiable;" Mara, "bitter," or "bitterness." She was now a woman of a sorrowful spirit. She had come home empty, poor, a widow and childless. But there is a fulness for believers of which they never can be emptied; a good part which shall not be taken from those who have it.... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Ruth 1:6-22

The Return of Naomi with Ruth v. 6. Then she arose with her daughters-in-law that she might return from the country of Moab, for it was understood that the younger women were merely to accompany her for some distance, perhaps to the boundary of the country; for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited His people, in mercy, in giving them bread, in delivering them from the ravages of the famine. v. 7. Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, where... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ruth 1:19-22

Ruth 1:19-22.Sorrow and Repentance.19So 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 moved32 about them, and they said,33 Is this Naomi? 20And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me [hath inflicted bitter sorrow upon me]. 21I went out full, and the Lord [Jehovah] hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord [Jehovah] hath... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ruth 1:16-22

Ruth A GENTLE HEROINE, A GENTILE CONVERT Rth_1:16 - Rth_1:22 . The lovely idyl of Ruth is in sharp contrast with the bloody and turbulent annals of Judges . It completes, but does not contradict, these, and happily reminds us of what we are apt to forget in reading such pages, that no times are so wild but that in them are quiet corners, green oases, all the greener for their surroundings, where life glides on in peaceful isolation from the tumult. Men and women love and work and weep and... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Ruth 1:15-22

Love’s Steadfast Choice Ruth 1:15-22 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 introducing a new strain into the Hebrew race, that was to enrich it and through it the world. Indeed, we may almost detect in her noble and beautiful words some anticipation of the Psalms, which have gone singing down the ages. But how stern is the discipline through which those must pass who... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ruth 1:1-22

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 impression of universal pollution. The story of Ruth illustrates the truth that God has never left Himself without witness. During a time of famine, Elimelech, his wife, and two sons went into the country of Moab to find bread and to escape trouble. It is questionable whether their action was... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 1:19

‘ 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 given is that they now proceeded alone (they two went) as they made their way towards Bethlehem. It would not be a pleasant journey for two women on their own. And when they arrived in the small town of Bethlehem word got around that Naomi was coming. Workers in the fields would have seen these two... read more

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