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Ruth 1:20 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. "

Ruth 1:20

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18 When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.

19 So they both went until they came to Bethlehem. When they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was excited about them, and they asked, “Is this Naomi?”

20 She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

21 I went out full, and the LORD has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”

22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab. They came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

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Ruth 1:1

"In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons."

Ruth 1:2

"The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi. The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of Moab and lived there."

Ruth 1:3

"Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons."

Ruth 1:4

"They took for themselves wives of the women of Moab. The name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other was Ruth. They lived there about ten years."

Ruth 1:5

"Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband."

Ruth 1:6

"Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab; for she had heard in the country of Moab how the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread."

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