Ruth 1:19-22

Lexham English Bible

¹⁹ So the two of them went until they came to Bethlehem. And when they came^[a] to Bethlehem, all of the town was stirred because of them. And they said, “Is this Naomi?” ²⁰ And she said to them, “You should not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for Shaddai^[b] has caused me to be very bitter.^{[c] 21} I went away full, but Yahweh brought me back empty-handed! Why call me Naomi when Yahweh has testified against me^[d] and Shaddai^[e] has brought calamity upon me?” ²² So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her, returning from the countryside of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the harvest of barley.