Ruth 1:18-20

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¹⁸When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more to her.

¹⁹So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them; and the women said, ‘Is this Naomi?’ ²⁰She said to them,

‘Call me no longer Naomi,^[a]
call me Mara,^[b]
for the Almighty^[c] has dealt bitterly with me.

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Footnotes

Ruth 1:20 That is Pleasant
Ruth 1:20 That is Bitter
Ruth 1:20 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

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