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Ruth 1:8-22

Where You Go, I Will Go

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Where You Go, I Will Go

Ruth 1:8-22

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This song belongs to the Ruth collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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Ruth
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Ruth
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World Music
[Verse 1] Naomi blessed the daughters who had loved both living and dead, Kissed them on the road and told them, “Find another house and rest.” They lifted up their voices, but the future drew a line, Orpah turned toward Moab; Ruth held fast and would not leave. [Pre-Chorus] No promise of a husband, No reward within her sight. [Chorus] Where you go, I will go, Where you lodge, I will remain. Your people will be my people, Your God will be my God. Where you die, there I will rest, Nothing but death will make us part. [Verse 2] Naomi spoke of emptiness and sons she could not give, Of a hand that seemed against her and a future closed by grief. Still Ruth chose the road beside her, not the safety left behind, And the older woman saw the settled purpose in her eyes. [Bridge] Bethlehem stirred at their arrival: “Can this truly be Naomi?” “Do not call me pleasant; call me bitter,” came her answer through the gate. She had left with husband, sons, and hope, returned with Ruth alone, Yet barley stood at harvest when the two came home together. [Final Chorus] Where you go, I will go, Where you lodge, I will remain. Your people will be my people, Your God will be my God. Where you die, there I will rest, Nothing but death will make us part. [Outro] One woman turned toward Moab, One covenant walked to Bethlehem.

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Ruth 1: Loss, loyal love, and a return to Bethlehem

The Book of Ruth opens with a household steadily emptied by famine, migration, and death. Bethlehem has no bread, so Elimelech’s family goes to Moab, where Naomi eventually loses her husband and both sons. When she hears that the LORD has given bread again in Judah, she begins the return and urges Ruth and Orpah to seek new futures rather than bind themselves to her losses. Orpah leaves after Naomi’s repeated request, while Ruth chooses a loyalty that reaches beyond companionship to people, God, death, and burial. Bethlehem receives the two women at barley harvest, but Naomi can still describe herself as empty while Ruth stands beside her. The chapter closes without correcting Naomi’s grief. Instead, the Book of Ruth quietly places grief, loyal presence, returning bread, and the beginning of harvest in the same frame.

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