I went out full,.... Of my husband and children, as the Targum; of children and riches, as Aben Ezra and Jarchi; wherefore some Jewish writers blame her and her husband for going abroad at such a time, and ascribe it to a covetous disposition, and an unwillingness to relieve the poor that came to them in their distress, and therefore got out of the way of them, on account of which they were punished, so Jarchi on Ru 1:1, see Jud 2:15 but this is said without any just cause or reason that appears:and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: deprived of her husband, children, and substance; she acknowledges the hand of God in it, and seems not to murmur at it, but to submit to it quietly, and bear it patiently:why then call ye me Naomi; when there is nothing pleasant and agreeable in me, nor in my circumstances:seeing the Almighty hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
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Ruth 1:21
Ruth 1:21
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