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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. That was a bad move on their part; Better poverty with the people of God, than plenty outside of the covenanted land.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the name of the man was Elimelech,— “Elimelech? means, “my God is King.” A man with such a name as that ought not to have left the kingdom where his God was King; but some people are not worthy of the names they bear. Rth_1:2. And the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. Which was about ten years too long. Probably they did not intend to remain so long when they went there, they only meant to be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband. That seemed to be her great grief—that she was left. She would have been content to go with them, but she was left to mourn their loss.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: It is often the case that, when our idols are broken, we turn back to our God. It is frequently the case that the loss of earthly good leads us to return to our first Husband, for we feel that then it was better with us than it is now. Naomi had also another...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. 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 dead, and with me. The LORD grant you that ye may...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people. And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: where thou...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. That is a striking expression, “When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her.” O you dear young friends who want to be Christians, how glad we are when we see that you are steadfastly minded to go with the people of God! There are so many...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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? They seemed all to turn out of doors to have a look at these two strangers, and especially at Naomi, for she was so different from what she had been when she went away. “And...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi,— “Call me not pleasant.” Rth_1:20. Call me Mara: That is, “bitter.” Rth_1:20. For the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. It was a pity for Naomi to say that; yet I fear that many of us have done the same; We have not borne such sweet testimony to the Lord as we might have done, but have...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I went out full,— Why, then, did you go out? Rth_1:21. And the LORD hath brought me home again empty: Ah! but he has brought you home again. Oh, if she would but have noticed the mercy there was in it all, she might still have spoken like Naomi; but now she speaks like Mara,—bitterness. Her husband and her two boys—all her heart’s delight—were...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest. That is, at the time of the passover; let us hope that they received a blessing in observing the ordinances of that time, and that they were thus helped to get back to...