Ruth 1:17 meaning and explanation
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
Ruth 1:17, Berean Standard Bible
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Ruth is a Moabite widow speaking to Naomi, her Israelite mother-in-law, on the road back to Bethlehem. Naomi has urged her to stay in Moab, but Ruth has already pledged herself in verse 16: your people will be my people and your God my God.
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