“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!
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The same thread (this verse)Ruth 2:12
Jesus longs to gather Jerusalem 'even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,' the very refuge image Boaz invoked over Ruth.
“May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.””