Ruth 1:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

The Lord hath testified against me— The former part of the verse expresses what Naomi means by the Lord's testifying against her: she went out full; happy in a husband and two sons; but returned deprived of all, a lonely widow, worn with care, with poverty and age. See ch. Ruth 2:2-3. Several of the versions render this, the Lord hath humbled me.

Ruth 1:21

21 I 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?