Tuesday, January 27, 2009

#506: Ruth 1:16

Entreat me not to leave you, or to return from following after you, For where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. And where you die, I will die and there I will be buried. May the Lord do with me and more if anything but death parts you from me.

via miss cheese.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

one of my favorite parts of the torah!

AmyJean {Relentless Bride®} said...

I love that verse! :)
RelentlessBride

Jennifer said...

There's a musical setting by David Haas that combines that text with text from the Song of Songs that I've been thinking about using in my ceremony. I love the text!

Amber Dixon said...

You've been tagged!!

wed in the white city said...

that was a really nice. i read it aloud because it is so pretty!

M said...

Thanks for the link (I'm Miss Cheese). While I've seen many different versions of that verse, this one -- a little more casual, more "English" -- is by far my favorite.

Anonymous said...

My DH and I used that verse as the basis for our vows. Beautiful!

Anonymous said...

this is one of my favorites!!

Bridechka said...

wow! Just gorgeous.

Anonymous said...

It's a very sweet reading, but keep in mind that Ruth was talking to her mother-in-law Naomi, rather than to anyone romantic in her life.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, knowing the context of those verses makes them loving and beautiful, but not at all romantic. I couldn't see using them in a wedding.