²⁰ But she said to them, “Do not call me ^[a]Naomi; call me ^[b]Mara, for ^[c](A)the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. ²¹ I went away full, but ^(B)the Lord has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has testified against me and ^[d]the Almighty has afflicted me?”

²² So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the land of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at ^(C)the beginning of barley harvest.

²⁰ But she said to them, “Do not call me ^[a]Naomi; call me ^[b]Mara, for ^[c](A)the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. ²¹ I went away full, but ^(B)the Lord has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has testified against me and ^[d]the Almighty has afflicted me?”

²² So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the land of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at ^(C)the beginning of barley harvest.