Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law Went on the Way to Return to Judah

Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you to your mother's house. Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept. So Naomi returned and Ruth the Moabitis, her daughter- in-law with her,. They came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest. When they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them. She said to them, Do not call me Naomi. Call me Mara. For the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. I went away full and the Lord has brought me back empty.