John Gill Commentary Ruth 2:11

"And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people that thou knewest not heretofore." — Ruth 2:11 (ASV)

And Boaz answered and said unto her
Alshech thinks, that he lift up his voice that all that stood by might hear:

it has fully been shown me ;
either by Naomi, or rather by some persons of Boaz's acquaintance, that had conversed with Naomi and related to Boaz what passed between them, by which he was fully informed of the following things mentioned by him; though the above writer supposes, that it was shown him by the Holy Ghost:

all that you have done to your mother in law since the death of your
husband ;
how that, instead of going home to her father and mother, she continued with her; how tenderly she used her; what strong expressions of love she had made unto her; what care she had taken of her, and how she had fed and nourished her, as the Targum, and now was gleaning for her support, as well as her own:

and how you have left your father and mother ;
in a literal sense, to go along with her mother-in-law, to assist her in her journey, and see her safe to the end of it: and in a figurative sense her idol gods, as in (Jeremiah 2:27) so the Midrash ^F25 :

and the land of your nativity ;
the land of Moab, where she was born, and where her kindred, relations, and friends lived, dear and engaging to her:

and have come unto a people which you knew not heretofore ;
but by hearsay, and what she learned of them from her husband and mother-in-law, even the people of Israel; to whom she was come to be a proselyte, and dwell among them, as the Targum.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F25: Midrash Ruth, fol. 32. 3.