¹⁵ “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law^(A) is going back to her people and her gods.^(B) Go back with her.”

¹⁶ But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you^(C) or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go,^(D) and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people^(E) and your God my God.^{(F) 17} Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely,^(G) if even death separates you and me.”^{(H) 18} When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.^(I)

Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character