Summary: Exposition of Ruth 1:1

A Sad Saga Unfolds

– Ruth 1:1

1. Dark Days are Described. - in the days when the judges ruled

– Judges 17:6

2. A Depression is Declared. - there was a famine in the land.

– Amos 8:11-12

3. A Dreadful Decision. - a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab,

– Hebrews 12:6-8

– Psalm 60:8

4. The Displaced Dependents. - he, and his wife, and his two sons.