Ruth 1:20
And she said to them, Call me not Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
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Genesis 43:14And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. And if I be bereaved of my sons, I am bereaved.
Exodus 15:23And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison of which my spirit drinks up. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Job 11:7Can thou find out God by searching? Can thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
Psalms 73:14for all the day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Isaiah 38:13I quieted [myself] until morning. As a lion, so he breaks all my bones. From day even to night will thou make an end of me.
Matthew Henry on Ruth 1:20-22
Naomi's Reception at Bethlehem. ( b. c. 1312.) 19 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi? 20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? 22 So Naomi… Read the whole commentary →