¹⁷ Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely,^(A) if even death separates you and me.”^{(B) 18} When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.^(C)

¹⁹ So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem.^(D) When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred^(E) because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”