21I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. …
And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-22)Naomi and Ruth, after many a weary step (the fatigue of the journey, we may suppose, being somewhat relieved by the good instructions Naomi gave to her proselyte and the good discourse they had together), came at last to Bethlehem. And they came very seasonably, in the beginning of the barley-harvest , which was the first of their harvests, that of wheat following after. Now Naomi’s own eyes might…
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