Ruth 1:5

The Passion Translation

Mahlon and Chilion also died and left Naomi all alone without husband or sons.

Cross References

Luke 7:12

As he approached the village, he met a multitude of people in a funeral procession, who were mourning as they carried the body of a young man to the cemetery. The boy was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own wickedness punishes you. Your own unfaithfulness rebukes you. Look deep into your heart and you will learn how evil and bitter it is to forsake me, Yahweh your God, and have no awe of me. I, Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, have spoken.”

Isaiah 49:21

And you will say to yourself, ‘Where in the world did all these children come from? Who birthed these for me? I thought I was bereaved and barren. I thought I was all alone, forgotten in exile— so how did they all get here?’ ”

Ruth 1:4

The two sons both married Moabite women, Orpah and Ruth. About ten years later,

Ruth 1:6

Sometime later, Naomi heard that Yahweh had visited his people and blessed them with an abundant harvest; so she decided to leave Moab with her daughters-in-law.