Rut 1:20-21, Jer 4:19, 9:1, 13:17, Luk 1:2 | ESV | STEP | She said to them, Do not call me Naomi ; call me Mara , for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

b Ex. 15:23

d Job 1:21

e Isa. 16:11; Hab. 3:16; [ch. 9:1; Isa. 22:4]

gSee ch. 13:17

h[See ch. 8:21 above]

i ch. 9:1, 18; 14:17; Lam. 1:2, 16; 2:18; 3:49

j[Heb. 2:3]

k John 15:27; 16:4; [Mark 1:1; Acts 11:15]

l 2 Pet. 1:16; 1 John 1:1, 3; [Acts 4:20; 1 Pet. 5:1]

m Acts 26:16; 1 Cor. 4:1

nSee Mark 4:14

o 1 Cor. 11:2, 23

Ruth 1:20-21

20 She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; ^{▼▼ Naomi means pleasant} call me ^bMara, ^{▼▼ Mara means bitter} for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. 21 ^dI went away full, and the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, when the Lord has testified against me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?”

Jeremiah 4:19

Anguish over Judah’s Desolation

19 ^eMy anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!
Oh the walls of my heart!
My heart is beating wildly;
I cannot keep silent,
for I hear the sound of the trumpet,
the alarm of war.

Jeremiah 9:1

1 ^{▼▼Ch 8:23 in Hebrew} ^gOh that my head were waters,
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night
for the slain of ^hthe daughter of my people!

Jeremiah 13:17

17 But if you will not listen,
ⁱmy soul will weep in secret for your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears,
because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.

Luke 1:2

2 ^jjust as those who ^kfrom the beginning were ^leyewitnesses and ^mministers of ⁿthe word ^ohave delivered them to us,