But Ruthsaid,"Do not urgeme to leaveyou [or] turnbackfrom followingyou; for whereyou go,I will go,and whereyou lodge,I will lodge.Your people[shall be] my people,and your God,my God.
But Ittaiansweredthe kingand said,"As the LORDlives,and as my lordthe kinglives,surelywherevermy lordthe kingmay be, whetherfor deathorfor life,therealsoyour servantwill be."
Listen,O daughter,giveattentionand inclineyour ear:Forgetyour peopleand your father'shouse;
A friendlovesat alltimes,And a brotheris bornfor adversity.
Whenthe LORDwill havecompassionon Jacoband againchooseIsrael,and settlethem in their own land,then strangerswill jointhem and attachthemselves to the houseof Jacob.
The kingansweredDanieland said,"Surelyyour Godis a Godof godsand a Lordof kingsand a revealerof mysteries,sinceyou have beenableto revealthismystery."
"Therefore I makea decreethat anypeople,nationor tonguethat speaksanything offensiveagainstthe Godof Shadrach,Meshachand Abed-negoshall be tornlimbfrom limb and their housesreducedto a rubbishheap,inasmuchas thereis noothergodwhois ableto deliverin thisway."
"NowI, Nebuchadnezzar,praise,exaltand honorthe Kingof heaven,for allHis worksare true and His waysjust,and He is ableto humblethose whowalkin pride."
Yet I [have been] the LORDyour GodSincethe landof Egypt;And you were not to knowany godexceptMe, For thereis nosaviorbesidesMe.
"Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,'In thosedaystenmenfrom allthe nationswill graspthe garmentof a Jew,saying,"Let us gowith you, for we have heardthat Godis with you."'"
Thena scribecameand saidto Him, "Teacher,I will followYou whereverYou go."
Petersaidto Him, "Lord,whycanI not followYou right now?I will lay downmy lifefor You."
ThenPaulanswered,"Whatare you doing,weepingand breakingmy heart?For I amreadynot onlyto be bound,but evento dieat Jerusalemfor the nameof the LordJesus."
For they themselvesreportaboutus what kindof a receptionwe hadwith you, and howyou turnedto Godfrom idolsto servea livingand true God,
"The LORDdroveout from beforeus allthe peoples,even the Amoriteswho livedin the land.We alsowill servethe LORD,for He is our God."
Theseare the ones who have not been defiledwith women,for they have kept themselveschaste.These[are] the ones who followthe LambwhereverHe goes.Thesehave been purchasedfrom amongmenas first fruitsto Godand to the Lamb.
Then she said,"Behold,your sister-in-lawhas gonebackto her peopleand her gods;returnafteryour sister-in-law."
"Whereyou die,I will die,and thereI will be buried.Thusmay the LORDdoto me, and worse,if[anything but] deathpartsyou and me."
The servantin chargeof the reapersreplied,"She is the youngMoabitewomanwho returnedwith Naomifrom the landof Moab.
"May he also be to you a restorerof lifeand a sustainerof your oldage;for your daughter-in-law,wholovesyou and is betterto you thansevensons,has givenbirthto him."
