Ruth 1:20 meaning and explanation
“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.
Ruth 1:20, Berean Standard Bible
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Naomi has just come back to Bethlehem after ten years in Moab, widowed and without her sons, with her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth beside her. The townswomen ask whether this can really be Naomi, and she answers by renaming herself.
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