Ruth 1:21
I was full when I departed, but, empty, am I brought back of Yahweh,—wherefore should ye call me Naomi, when, Yahweh, hath given answer against me, and, the Almighty, hath crushed me?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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1 Samuel 2:7Yahweh, maketh poor, and enricheth,—Layeth low, yea exalteth;
Job 10:17Thou renewest thy witnesses before me, and dost increase thy vexation with me, Relays—yea an army, is with me.
Job 16:8And, having captured me, it hath served, as a witness; and so my wasting away hath risen up against me, in my face, it answereth.
Malachi 3:5Therefore will I draw near unto you for judgment, and will become a swift witness against the mutterers of incantations, and against the adulterers, and against them that swear to a falsehood,—and against them who rob the hire of the hireling, the widow and the fatherless, and that drive away the sojourner, and do not revere me, saith Yahweh of hosts.
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 →