 And she said unto them : Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty : why call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty...  Sketches of the History of Man - Page 229by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1778Full view - About this book
 | 1838 - 1196 pages
...them, Call me not 'Naomi, 21 call me 7 Mara : for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 1 hat great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the tlten call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified agaiast me, and the Almighty hath afflicted... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Readers - 1839 - 322 pages
...Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them ; and they said, Is this Naomi? 18. And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara ; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. WEALTH AND FASHION. 123 19. 1 went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty ; why then... | |
 | Joseph Jones - Bible - 1839 - 492 pages
...of property and of children. Naomi is not the only woman who has said, or has had occasion to say, ' Call me not Naomi; call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.' The Psalmist is not the only person who has said, 'Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted... | |
 | Sermons, English - 1839 - 612 pages
...bereavement so complicated, a calamity so overwhelming is sustained, who can wonder at the exclamation, "Call me not Naomi, call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me!" It is vours, then, my Christian brethren, the patrons and supporters of this institution, to pour the... | |
 | Bible - 1839 - 596 pages
...oi».niJ.ins /j.oi(>a>. 15. J. ii. 16, 4. p. 1088. (c) A herb proverbially bitter. So Ruth. i. 20. " Call " me not Naomi, call me Mara ; for the Almighty hath " dealt very bitterly with me" — mara signifying bitter. wood, become poisonous (a) ; and many of the men died from the waters,... | |
 | Henry Blunt - Bible - 1839 - 310 pages
...years before, is called in Scripture language, " a great woman," might now say with Naomi of old, " I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty." Happy are they who lay up treasures "where neither rust nor moth doth corrupt, and where thieves do... | |
 | Henry Blunt - Bible - 1839 - 310 pages
...years before, is called in Scripture language, " a great woman,' might now say with Naomi of old, " I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty." Happy are they who lay up treasures " where neither rust nor moth doth corrupt, and where thieves do... | |
 | Baptists - 1839 - 758 pages
...Naomi? But what a change to herself ! and she felt it keenly, for she said " Call me not Naomi, but call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me." For a moment she seemed to lose that noble character which she had hitherto sustained, and under the... | |
 | Theology - 1840 - 742 pages
...bead there is no soundness. Is this she wlio was called Naomi, beautiful? Hear bow she speaks : — 'Call me not Naomi; call me Mara : for the Almighty...very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the Lord bath brought me borne again empty. Why call ye me then Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against... | |
 | 1840 - 732 pages
...Naomi, beautiful? Hear how she speaks : — ' Call me not Naomi; call me Mara : for the Almighty bath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the Lord bath brought me home again empty. Why call ye me then Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against... | |
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