Ruth 1:21
I went away full and Hashem hath brought me back empty; why then call me Naomi, seeing Hashem hath testified against me, and Shaddai hath made me very bitter?
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1 Samuel 2:7Hashem maketh poor, and bringeth oisher; 1 He bringeth low, and lifteth up. 1
Job 10:17Thou bringest Thy fresh edim (witnesses) against me, 1 and increasest Thine hot indignation toward me; 1 in waves Thy tzava troop against me. 1
Job 16:8And Thou hast filled me with wrinkles, 1 which is an ed (witness) against me; 1 and my leanness rising up in me 1 beareth witness to my face. 1
Malachi 3:5And I will come near to you for mishpat; 1 and I will be a swift ed (witness) 1 against the mekhashfim (sorcerers), and against the mena'afim (adulterers), 1 and against false swearers, 1 and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, 1 the almanah (widow), and the fatherless, 1 and that turn aside the ger from his right, 1 and fear not Me, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1
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 →