¹³ would you wait until they grew up?^(A) Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter^(B) for me than for you, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me!^(C)”

²⁰ “Don’t call me Naomi,^[a]” she told them. “Call me Mara,^[b] because the Almighty^[c](A) has made my life very bitter.^(B)

²¹ I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty.^(A) Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted^[a] me;^(B) the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.”