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?
Ver. 19. So they two went until they came to Bethlehem.] Thus God never forsaketh his, Will not forsake even if forsaked Non deserit etiam si deserat. but when one comfort faileth, findeth them out another; as when Sarah died, Rebekah came in her room. Yea, God himself stood by Paul when all men forsook him. 2Ti 4:16
So they two.] Amicitia sit inter binos, qui sunt veri; et bonos, qui sunt pauci.
And it came to pass.] See on Ruth 1:1
That all the city was moved about them.] Which showeth that Naomi had been of quality and good account among them.
And they said.] The women said; for the word is of the feminine gender. These women afterwards spake very comfortably to her, as now they do compassionately, saying,
Is this Naomi?] Alas! what a change is in her! O quantum haec (Niobe) Naomi, Naomi mutatur ab illa! Fuimus Troes.