And she spake out with a loud voice
So as that all in the house might hear; she spake with great
vehemency of soul, and strength of affection, being under a very
powerful impression of the Spirit of God: and said,
blessed art thou among women;
the same words that the angel had said to her before, ( Luke 1:28 )
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb:
this is a reason why she is called blessed, because her child was
blessed; being in union with a divine person, who is God over
all, blessed for ever; and who has all spiritual blessings in
him, and is that seed, in which all nations of the earth were to
be blessed; and so is both blessed in himself, and the source of
all blessedness to others. The Jews say F8, that
the six measures of barley, Boaz gave to Ruth, ( Ruth 3:15 ) signified,
that six righteous men should spring from her, and among, them
the Messiah; who should be blessed with six blessings, and they
are these; the spirit of wisdom and understanding, of counsel and
of might, the spirit of knowledge, and of the fear of the Lord;
see ( Isaiah
11:2 ) .