And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed [be] the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
Ver. 14. And the women said unto Naomi.] This was a holy way of gossipping. So Luke 1:58. God was praised and called upon: the time was not wasted in idle chat and frivolous prattle, much less in scurrility and ribaldry.
Which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman.] So good a kinsnmn, or redeemer, as Boaz, so hopeful a kinsman as Obed, to take charge of thee, and care for thee.
That his name may be famous in Israel.] This the men had wished, Rth 4:11 and now the women second it. This cheered up the old woman's heart exceedingly, whose last years were very happy, as were likewise Jacob's, Joseph's, Esther's, &c. The Jews, after their seventy years' captivity, had seven seventies of years (Daniel's weeks) granted for the enjoyment of their own country.