Ruth 1:21
I left here full, but the Lord has brought me home empty. Why call me Naomi when the Lord has condemned me, when the Almighty has brought disaster on me?”
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20She said to them, “Don't call me Naomi! Call me Mara, for the Almighty has treated me very bitterly.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7The Lord makes some poor, but others rich; he brings some down, but he lifts others up.
Job 10:17You repeat your arguments against me, you pour out more and more of your anger against me, you send fresh armies against me.
Job 16:8You have made me shrivel up, which is a witness against me; my thin body testifies against me.
Malachi 3:5I will come and put you on trial. I am ready to be a witness against those who: practice witchcraft commit adultery tell lies give false evidence cheat employees oppress widows and orphans abuse foreigners and do not respect me, says the Lord Almighty.
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 →