They took them wives of the women of Moab— We must necessarily conclude from this, that these women had become proselytes to the Jewish religion; for otherwise it was not lawful for Jews to have married them. The case is plain with respect to Ruth (see Ruth 1:16.); and it appears to me, that Orpah not only left her mother and returned to her own country, but also apostatised from the religion that she had embraced to the idol worship of Moab. See Ruth 1:15 and also Prideaux's Connection, vol. 2:
Note; Worldly comforts and crosses are nearer than we suspect; while we are rejoicing in the settlement of our children, the pleasing prospect vanishes in an instant, and death lays all our hopes in the grave.