Ruth 1:20-22

Easy-to-Read Version

²⁰ But Naomi told the people, “Don’t call me Naomi^[a]; call me Marah.^[b] Use this name because God All-Powerful has made my life very sad. ²¹ I had everything I wanted when I left, but now, the Lord brings me home with nothing. The Lord has made me sad, so why should you call me ‘Happy’^[c]? God All-Powerful has given much trouble to me.”

²² So Naomi and her daughter-in-law Ruth, the Moabite, came back from the hill country of Moab. These two women came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.