Moab, where the god Chemosh reigns (so to speak), may not be experiencing famine when Elimelek and his family seek shelter there, but its fields will eventually kill a father and his sons and render their wives sterile and widowed. Behind these forces, so to speak, is the God of circumstances and situations—Yahweh, Israel’s covenant-keeping God. He is equally as faithful in keeping his covenant with regard to its curses as he is with regard to its blessings.
