“I went away full, and Yahweh has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, when Yahweh has testified against me and the Almighty has brought misfortune on me?”
In context
19So the two of them went on until they reached Bethlehem. And when they arrived, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women said, “Can this be Naomi?” 20“Do not call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara, for the Almighty has made my life very bitter.” 21“I went away full, and Yahweh has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, when Yahweh has testified against me and the Almighty has brought misfortune on me?” 22So Naomi returned from the country of Moab, and Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, came with her. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
