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.
Ver. 6. Then she arose with her daughters-in-law.] Now she "heard the rod, and who had appointed it," Mic 6:9 saying, "He, he, come forth," Arise and he gone; "this is not your rest, for it is polluted." God's corrections are vocal and disciplinary. Her daughters-in-law, moved by her virtues, arise to go with her. If moral virtue could be seen with mortal eyes, it would attract all hearts to itself, saith Plato. How much more then would true grace, Son 6:1 which is such an elixir, as by contaction, if there be any disposition of goodness in the same metal, it will render it of the property!
That she might return from the country of Moab.] Where, although she had been courteously used, yet her heart hankereth homewards, So should ours heavenwards, though we might live here in the height of the world's blandishments, quae non sunt tantum fallacia quia dubia, sed etiam insidiosa, guia dulcia, which are not only deceitful because doubtful, but also dangerous because delicious, saith a father. a
For she had heard in the country of Moab.] This "good news from a far country was as cold water to her thirsty soul"; Pro 25:25 this cheered up her good heart, when almost dead within her. God reserveth his hand for a dead lift.
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