gone back: Psa 36:3, Psa 125:5; Zep 1:6; Mat 13:20-21; Heb 10:38; 1Jo 2:19
and unto: They were probably both idolaters at this time. That they were proselytes is an unfounded conjecture; and the conversion of Ruth now only commenced.
her gods: Jdg 11:24
return: Jos 24:15, Jos 24:19; 2Sa 15:19-20; 2Ki 2:2; Luk 14:26-33, Luk 24:28