The two daughters lifted their voices and wept again, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. She said, see, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods, return after your sister-in-law.

Ruth said, entreat me not to leave you or to return from following you, for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried.

May the Lord do so to me and more also even if Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more. The two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women said, Is this Naomi?

She said to them, do not call me Naomi, call me Mara, for the Almighty, has dealt very bitterly with me. I went away full, and the lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, when the lord has afflicted me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?

Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, returned from the country of Moab. Beloved, please let keep on visiting for more articles. Thanks for being with us.