15 Then she said , "Behold , your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods ; return after your sister-in-law ." 16 But Ruth said , "Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where e you go , I will go , and where you lodge , I will lodge . Your people shall be my people , and your God , my God . 17 "Where you die , I will die , and there I will be buried . Thus may the Lord do to me, and worse e , if anything but death parts you and me." 18 When she saw that she was determined to go with her, she [1]said no more to her.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ruth 1:15-18
Commentary on Ruth 1:15-18
(Read Ruth 1:15-18)
See Ruth's resolution, and her good affection to Naomi. Orpah was loth to part from her; yet she did not love her well enough to leave Moab for her sake. Thus, many have a value and affection for Christ, yet come short of salvation by him, because they will not forsake other things for him. They love him, yet leave him, because they do not love him enough, but love other things better. Ruth is an example of the grace of God, inclining the soul to choose the better part. Naomi could desire no more than the solemn declaration Ruth made. See the power of resolution; it silences temptation. Those that go in religious ways without a stedfast mind, stand like a door half open, which invites a thief; but resolution shuts and bolts the door, resists the devil and forces him to flee.