¹⁵ But if ·you don’t want [^Lit is undesirable/evil in your eyes] to serve the Lord, you must choose for yourselves today whom you will serve. You may serve the gods that your ancestors worshiped when they lived on the other side of the ·Euphrates River [^LRiver], or you may serve the gods of the Amorites who lived in this land. As for me and my ·family [^Lhouse], we will serve the Lord.”

¹⁵ Naomi said to Ruth, “Look, your sister-in-law is going back to her own people and her own ·gods [or god; ^CChemosh was the chief god of the Moabites; 1 Kin. 11:33]. Go back with her.”