Ruth 1:19-21

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁹ The two of them travelled 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, ‘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 opposed^[c] me, and the Almighty has afflicted me? ’