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21 I went away full, but the Lord brought me back empty. Why should you call me Naomi? For the Lord has testified against me,[a] and the Almighty has treated me badly.”

22 So Naomi returned with Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, who came back with her from the territory of Moab. When they entered Bethlehem, it was the beginning of the barley harvest.[b]

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  1. Ruth 1:21 Or has afflicted me
  2. Ruth 1:22 March or April