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Ruth said, "Don`t entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after 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;
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A Model of Total Commitment
Commentators see Ruth's pledge not just as loyalty to Naomi, but as a model of total spiritual commitment. Her vow to embrace a new land, new people, and a new God is seen as a powerful illustration of a believer's decision to follow Christ. As John Gill notes, it mirrors a soul cleaving to Christ, choosing His people, and accepting His God as their own.
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19th Century
Anglican
Intreat me not. —Ruth’s nobleness is proof against all. The intensity of her feeling comes out all the more strongly now …
Baptist
That was bravely spoken, and she meant it, too.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Ruth said, entreat me not to leave you, or to return from following after you Do …
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Presbyterian
See Ruth's resolution and her good affection for Naomi. Orpah was reluctant to part from her; yet she did not love her well enough to leave Moab fo…
