Ruth 1:19-22

Naomi and Ruth traveled together from Moab until they came to Bethlehem. The entire town was buzzing when they heard they had arrived! Astounded, the women of the town said to one another, “Is this really Naomi, who left us so long ago?” “Please don’t call me Naomi anymore,” she insisted. “Instead, call me Marah, because Almighty God has dealt me a bitter blow. When I left here, my heart was full and content with my family, but YAHWEH has brought me back empty and destitute. Why call me by my name, ‘Pleasant,’ when YAHWEH has opposed me, and Almighty God has brought me so much trouble?” So Naomi returned to her village with Ruth, her Moabite daughter-in-law. They arrived in Bethlehem just as the barley harvest had begun.