Ruth 1:20
And she said to them, Nay, do not call me Naomi; call me Bitter, for the Mighty One has dealt very bitterly with me.
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Genesis 43:14And my God give you favor in the sight of the man, and send away your other brother, and Benjamin, for I accordingly as I have been bereaved, am bereaved.
Exodus 15:23And they came to Marah, and could not drink of Marah, for it was bitter; therefore he named the name of that place, Bitterness.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, 1 Whose violence drinks up my blood: 1 Whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me. 1
Job 11:7Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? 1 Or hast thou come to the end of that which the Almighty has made? 1
Psalms 73:14Thou didst break to pieces the heads of the dragon; 1 Thou didst give him for meat to the Ethiopian nations. 1
Isaiah 38:13In that day I was given up as to a lion until the morning: so has he broken all my bones: for I was so given up from day even to night.
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 →