Ruth 1:19

and the two of them go until their coming to Beth-Lehem; and it comes to pass at their coming to Beth-Lehem, that all the city is moved at them, and they say, “Is this Naomi?”

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In The King James Version

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?

In Context

18And she sees that she is strengthening herself to go with her, and she ceases to speak to her;

20And she says to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly to me,

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Cross References

Ruth 2:6And the young man who is set over the reapers answers and says, “A young woman—Moabitess—she [is], who came back with Naomi from the fields of Moab,

Isaiah 23:7Is this your exulting one? Her antiquity [is] from the days of old, || Her own feet carry her far off to sojourn.

Matthew 21:10And He having entered into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, “Who is this?”

Matthew Henry on Ruth 1:7-19

Naomi Returns to Canaan; Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law; Ruth's Constancy to Naomi. ( b. c. 1312.) 6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread. 7 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. 8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to… Read the whole commentary →

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