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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? ’

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Footnotes

  1. 1:19 Lit excited because of them
  2. 1:20 = Bitter; see v. 2
  3. 1:21 LXX, Syr, Vg read has humiliated