Ruth 1:19-21

Good News Translation

¹⁹ They went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived, the whole town became excited, and the women there exclaimed, “Is this really Naomi?”

²⁰ “Don't call me Naomi,” she answered; “call me Marah,^[a] because Almighty God has made my life bitter. ²¹ When I left here, I had plenty, but the Lord has brought me back without a thing. Why call me Naomi when the Lord Almighty has condemned me and sent me trouble?”