Unto her people, and unto her gods; which she saith, partly, to try Ruth's sincerity and constancy; partly, that by upbraiding Orpah with her idolatry she might consequently turn her from it; and partly, that she might intimate to her, that if she went with her, she must embrace the true God and religion.
Verse Ruth 1:15. _GONE BACK - UNTO HER GODS_] They were probably both idolaters, their having been proselytes is an unfounded conjecture. _Chemosh_ was the grand idol of the Moabites. The conversion o...
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...
_unto her people, and unto her god_ i.e. Chemosh, the god of the Moabites, Numbers 21:29; 1 Kings 11:33. The ancient belief here receives its simplest expression: each land and people had its own Deit...
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...
THY SISTER-IN-LAW IS GONE BACK UNTO HER PEOPLE, AND UNTO HER GODS— It is not by any means a just consequence from hence, that Orpah had never been proselyted to the Jewish religion. The contrary is a...
_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...
Naomi, now armed with a fresh argument, urges Ruth to follow her sister-in-law’s example. HER GODS. — Naomi doubtless views the Moabite idols as realities, whose power is, however, confined to the la...
וַ תֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּה֙ שָׁ֣בָה יְבִמְתֵּ֔ךְ אֶל...
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...
And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: (g) return thou after thy sister in law. (g) No persuasion can convince them to turn back from God, if he has...
To her gods, &c. Noemi did not mean to persuade Ruth to return to the false gods she had formerly worshipped; but by this manner of speech, insinuated to her, that if she would go with her, she must r...
And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. This verse throws a light upon the real design Naomi had in view in all he...
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...
AND SHE SAID,.... That is, Naomi to Ruth, after Orpah was gone: BEHOLD, THY SISTER IN LAW IS GONE BACK UNTO HER PEOPLE, AND UNTO HER GODS; meaning Orpah, who was the wife of her husband's brother, as...
And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. Ver. 15. _Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back._] A great temptation to...
_Is gone back to her people and to her gods_ By this it appears, if Orpah had been a proselyte to the Jewish religion, she afterward apostatized. Those that forsake the communion of saints will certai...
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...
And she, Naomi, said, BEHOLD, THY SISTER-IN-LAW IS GONE BACK UNTO HER PEOPLE AND UNTO HER GODS, for the one implied the other; RETURN THOU AFTER THY SISTER-IN-LAW. Naomi's love for Ruth was so great t...
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...
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...
Ruth 1:15 said H559 (H8799) sister-in-law H2994 back H7725 (H8804) people H5971 gods H430 return H7725 ...
‘ And she said, “See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people, and to her god. Return you after your sister-in-law.' Naomi pointed out to Ruth that her sister-in-law had taken her advice and ha...
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...
_Thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods._ BACKSLIDING 1. The backslidings of such as set out fair, and do begin well, is a sore temptation to young converts and proselytes....
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 1:15 Orpah’s returning to HER PEOPLE meant returning to HER GODS (see Judges 10:6)....
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—AND SHE [Naomi] SAID, BEHOLD THY SISTER-IN-LAW, _i.e._, wife of a husband’s brother; no English word exactly answering to the original Hebrew. The same word is rendered...
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 John 2:19; 2 Kings 2:2; 2 Samuel 15:19; 2 Samuel 15:20; Hebrews 10
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...
To her gods — Those that forsake the communion of saints, will certainly break off their communion with God. This she saith, to try Ruth's sincerity and constancy, and that she might intimate to her,...