Ruth 1:11-18

11But Naomi said, “Return, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb, that 1they may be your husbands? 12Return, my daughters! Go, for I am too old to have a husband. If I said I have hope, if I should even have a husband tonight and also bear sons, 13would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters; for it is 2harder for me than for you, for 3the hand of the Lord has gone forth against me.” 14And they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

15Then she said, “Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her 4gods; return after your sister-in-law.” 16But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or turn back 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. 17Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus may 5the Lord do to me, and worse, if anything but death parts you and me.” 18When 6she saw that she was determined to go with her, she 7said no more to her.