Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken YY thy Elohim, and that my fear is not in thee, saith YY Elohim of hosts.
Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no Elohim with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of BethlehemYhudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that YY had visited his people in giving them bread.