19 The two of them traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was excited about their arrival[a](A) and the local women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

20 “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,”[b] she answered,[c] “for the Almighty(B) has made me very bitter.(C) 21 I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty.(D) Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has pronounced judgment on[d] me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 1:19 Lit excited because of them
  2. Ruth 1:20 = Bitter
  3. Ruth 1:20 Lit answered them
  4. Ruth 1:21 LXX, Syr, Vg read has humiliated

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