Ruth 1:20
And she answered them, Call me not Naomi, but call me Mara: for the Almightie hath giuen me much bitternes.
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Genesis 43:14And God almightie giue you mercie in the sight of the man, that hee may deliuer you your other brother, and Beniamin: but I shall be robbed of my childe, as I haue bene.
Exodus 15:23And whe they came to Marah, they could not drinke of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of the place was called Marah.
Job 6:4For the arrowes of the Almightie are in me, the venime whereof doeth drinke vp my spirit, and the terrours of God fight against me.
Job 11:7Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?
Psalms 73:14For dayly haue I bene punished, and chastened euery morning.
Isaiah 38:13I rekoned to the morning: but he brake all my bones, like a lion: from day to night wilt thou make an ende 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 →