Is Megillat Rut a "tikkun" for Sefer Shoftim?

(1) In the days when the chieftains ruled, there was a famine in the land; and a man of Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the country of Moab.

(1) And it happened in the days when judges judged. [During the period] before King Shaul reigned, when the generations were administered by judges;¹There was no individual judge who could exercise control over all of Yisroel, rather there were many judges. (Malbim) Alternatively, this was a period when God judged the judges. (Gra) and this occurred in the days of Ivtzan, as our sages said, “Ivtzan is Bo’az.”²Maseches Bava Basra 91a; and Bo’az is a central figure in Megillas Rus. (2) And a man went. He was very wealthy,³איש denotes an important person, as Targum renders, גברא רבא, “a great man.” and the leader of the generation. He left Eretz Yisroel for regions out of the land because of stinginess, for he was miserly toward the poor who came to press him;⁴He was the only man to leave Eretz Yisroel because of the famine. Because of his stature and greatness he was severely punished for leaving Eretz Yisroel and remaining in Mo’av. (Malbim) therefore he was punished.⁵He was afraid that the poor would unite and confiscate all of his possessions. (Malbim)

(8) After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel.

(1) After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Which of us shall be the first to go up against the Canaanites and attack them?” (2) The LORD replied, “Let [the tribe of] Judah go up. I now deliver the land into their hands.”

(6) In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did as he pleased.

(1) In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of Dan was seeking a territory in which to settle; for to that day no territory had fallen to their lot among the tribes of Israel.

(1) In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite residing at the other end of the hill country of Ephraim took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

(1) Meanwhile, Boaz had gone to the gate and sat down there. And now the redeemer whom Boaz had mentioned passed by. He called, “Come over and sit down here, So-and-so!” And he came over and sat down. (2) Then [Boaz] took ten elders of the town and said, “Be seated here”; and they sat down.

(17) and the women neighbors gave him a name, saying, “A son is born to Naomi!” They named him Obed; he was the father of Jesse, father of David.

(5) The Israelites settled among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites; (6) they took their daughters to wife and gave their own daughters to their sons, and they worshiped their gods.

(4) Presently Boaz arrived from Bethlehem. He greeted the reapers, “The LORD be with you!” And they responded, “The LORD bless you!”

(8) Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen to me, daughter. Don’t go to glean in another field. Don’t go elsewhere, but stay here close to my girls. (9) Keep your eyes on the field they are reaping, and follow them. I have ordered the men not to molest you. And when you are thirsty, go to the jars and drink some of [the water] that the men have drawn.”

If you think deeply you will find, that when Hashem created his world, the Torah verse hides a secret hint to these four empires: [(Genesis: 1,2) "the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind from God sweeping over the water—".] 'Reish Lakish explained the depth of the verse as reference to the exiles: "the earth being unformed"- this is a reference to the empire of Babylon, as it says in (Jeremiah, 14) "I saw the earth and it was unformed". "and void" - this is a reference to the empire of Persia, as it says in (Ester: 6,14): "and hurriedly [same root as 'void'] brought Haman". "with darkness" - this is reference to the empire of Greece, who darkened the eyes of Yisrael with their decrees. They would say to them, write upon the horn of an ox that they have no part in the God of Israel. "over the surface of the deep" - this is a reference to the evil empire, which is innumerable like the deep; just as the deep as no end, just so these evil people. "and a wind from God sweeping" - this is the wind of the King the Messiah, as it's written (Isiaih: 11,2) "The spirit [same root as 'wind'] of the Hashem". Through what merit will [Moshiach] be summoned and come? "sweeping over the waters" - in the merit of Teshuva, which is likened to water, as it says (Lamentations: 2,19) "Pour out your heart like water".(B'R: 2,4). If you think deeply you will find that when Hashem created his world he arrange these four empires! If so, we must ask, for what purpose and why would Hashem build into his world these four empires.

If you think deeply you will find, that when Hashem created his world, the Torah verse hides a secret hint to these four empires: [(Genesis: 1,2) "the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind from God sweeping over the water—".] 'Reish Lakish explained the depth of the verse as reference to the exiles: "the earth being unformed"- this is a reference to the empire of Babylon, as it says in (Jeremiah, 14) "I saw the earth and it was unformed". "and void" - this is a reference to the empire of Persia, as it says in (Ester: 6,14): "and hurriedly [same root as 'void'] brought Haman". "with darkness" - this is reference to the empire of Greece, who darkened the eyes of Yisrael with their decrees. They would say to them, write upon the horn of an ox that they have no part in the God of Israel. "over the surface of the deep" - this is a reference to the evil empire, which is innumerable like the deep; just as the deep as no end, just so these evil people. "and a wind from God sweeping" - this is the wind of the King the Messiah, as it's written (Isiaih: 11,2) "The spirit [same root as 'wind'] of the Hashem". Through what merit will [Moshiach] be summoned and come? "sweeping over the waters" - in the merit of Teshuva, which is likened to water, as it says (Lamentations: 2,19) "Pour out your heart like water".(B'R: 2,4). If you think deeply you will find that when Hashem created his world he arrange these four empires! If so, we must ask, for what purpose and why would Hashem build into his world these four empires.