21 I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty.(A) Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has opposed[a] me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”

22 So Naomi came back from the territory of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:21 LXX, Syr, Vg read has humiliated

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