Burnt offerings XI

Ruth

And Ruth

the Moabitess said,

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And she again bare  - his brother Abel.

And Abel was a keeper of sheep,

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For God,

said she,

hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel,

whom Cain slew.

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He said unto me also,

Thou shalt keep fast by my young men,

until they have ended - all my harvest.

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Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men;

that I might leave my people, and go from them!

for they be all adulterers,

an assembly of treacherous men.

And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies:

but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth;

for they proceed - from d-evil to d-evil, and they know not me,

saith the Lord.

Take ye heed - every one of his neighbour,

and trust ye not - in any brother:

for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

And they will deceive every one his neighbour,

and will not speak the truth:

they have taught their tongue to speak lies,

and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit;

through deceit they refuse to know me,

saith the Lord.

Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts,

Behold,

I will melt them,

and try them;

for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

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And Naomi said

unto Ruth her daughter in law,

It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens,

that they meet thee not in any other field.

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