Ruth 1:18 When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking to her. Those who appear half-hearted in their self-consecration expose themselves to a legion of tempters. Lingering on the border-land, they keep within the arrow mark of Satan. Keeping in the suburbs of Sodom, they are in danger of coming within the sweep of its consuming fires. The world hopes that it shall get them back again to its ranks. They resemble persons walking in a crowd with flowing robes, which afford those who wish them evil an easy means of pulling them back and laying them in the dust. When it becomes clearly seen that our heart is fixed, the world gives us up in despair and "leaves off speaking unto us." And how that choice ennobled the young Moabitess! What pure human love! What high devotion! What sublime self-renunciation! What true wisdom introducing among the elements that should determine her choice eternity as well as time! Decision of character gives full play to a man's powers whatever they be, and makes them his own. (A. Thomson, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.WEB: When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her. |
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