13Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
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Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-18)See here, I. The good affection Naomi bore to the land of Israel, Ruth 1:6. Though she could not stay in it while the famine lasted, she would not stay out of it when the famine ceased. Though the country of Moab had afforded her shelter and supply in a time of need, yet she did not intend it should be her rest for ever; no land should be that but the holy land, in which the sanctuary of God was,…
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